LTC company bucks trend and adds skilled nursing beds
While many long-term care facilities are closing skilled nursing wings or decertifying beds, one healthcare company in northeastern Pennsylvania is...
While many long-term care facilities are closing skilled nursing wings or decertifying beds, one healthcare company in northeastern Pennsylvania is bucking that trend and adding to its skilled nursing capacity. Allied Services Integrated Health System repurposed personal care rooms — what Pennsylvania calls assisted living — to add 42 private, skilled nursing beds in a facility it acquired in 2019 from the Catholic Diocese of Scranton. The group delicensed 48 personal care rooms in early 2021 and also relocated 42 private, skilled nursing facility dual-licenses from its Scranton campus to Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County), where demand for skilled nursing is critical, company officials explained.