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Causes: Health, Nursing Facilities, Seniors
Mission: The mission of valley health services, inc. Is to provide quality, person-centered rehabilitative, long-term and palliative care through diverse programs designed to promote health and independence.
Programs: Evolving from a 32-bed to a 160-bed, long-term care and rehabilitative facility since its founding in 1984, valley health services inc. Is a major healthcare provider and vital community asset. The privately owned, not-for-profit organization located in herkimer, new york, provides care to a largely rural population and is the eighth largest employer in herkimer county. A comfortable, healthy environment with qualified staff who place an equal emphasis on mind, body and spirit defines the care at valley health services inc. Services available include:- skilled nursing, long-term care- short-term inpatient rehabilitation and subacute care physical therapy occupational therapy speech therapy wound care iv therapy- outpatient rehabilitation physical therapy occupational therapy cardiac rehabilitation speech therapy osteoporosis management- a 12 slot onsite adult day care medical model site and an 18 slot offsite medical model adult day care program in little falls. - palliative carespeech therapy, iv therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, palliative care, and osteoporosis management are unique services to the greater herkimer area available at valley health services inc. Approximately sixty-eight percent of valley health services inc. Revenue is derived from medicaid. As such, valley health services inc. Incurs an approximate shortfall of twenty dollars per patient day reimbursed by the new york state medicaid system. An in-house "needy resident" fund provides money for incidental items desired by residents. Valley health services inc. Offers a variety of community health education programs annually. On a monthly basis, staff of valley health services inc. Holds blood pressure screenings at local senior living apartment buildings. Valley health services inc. Makes meeting space available on a regular basis to multiple area organizations. Valley health services inc. Enjoyed representation in the career day at herkimer boces and senior awareness - bassett healthcare network - cooperstown. Valley health services inc. Is represented by staff on the advisory committee for the health services program at herkimer county community college. The rehabilitation director served as the clinical coordinator of clinical education for the utica college pt program. Our therapy department provides clinical supervision to college interns. Valley health services inc. Staff is represented on the board of herkimer healthnet. In addition, ceo/administrator lisa betrus serves on the following nonprofit boards: at home care, inc. , the stanley center for the arts, little falls hospital and excellus board. Valley health services inc. Served as a clinical rotation site for the herkimer boces lpn classes. Additionally, valley health services inc. Operates its own cna class. Valley health services inc. Staff also works with residents, residents' family members and outpatients as requested to address eligibility for federal, state and local assistance for issues involving patient care. Valley health services inc. Works with career connections of the herkmer arc to match their clients' skills with available job opportunities. Valley health services inc. Is a site for herkimer county boces cooperative students to volunteer and learn job skills for future employment.