FIRM PLANS RECOVERY CENTER CITY READY TO EXPEDITE NEEDED FACILITY PERMITS.Byline: JUDY O'ROURKE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- A Sylmar-based assisted-living company is bidding on a long-empty medical building in Saugus to open a transitional care This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. unit for recovering patients, a move prompted by Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital's plan to close its in-house unit. Community members have been battling the planned closure, saying elderly and infirm INFIRM. Weak, feeble. 2. When a witness is infirm to an extent likely to destroy his life, or to prevent his attendance at the trial, his testimony de bene esge may be taken at any age. 1 P. Will. 117; see Aged witness.; Going witness. patients need interim care after hospitalization, but the hospital says it needs the beds for acute care. ``If our initial efforts are successful, we have the best of both worlds, more acute-care beds and a facility to take care of our elders now and in the future,'' said Brad Berens, executive director of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Committee on Aging. Berens serves on the ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. task force formed in August by the city of Santa Clarita to find alternatives should Newhall Memorial close its recovery unit. In September, Roger Seaver, Newhall Memorial's president, recommended converting the hospital's 27 transitional-care beds to acute-care beds. Board members have not yet made a decision. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Golden State Manor Assisted Living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. , which operates a retirement assisted-living facility in Sylmar, is trying to buy the old Hillside Community Hospital on Golden Triangle Golden Triangle can refer to:
If the company succeeds, the city would fast-track its permits. ``It's clear from our perspective it's in the community's best interest to have a functioning and profitable transitional-care unit,'' said City Manager Ken Pulskamp. ``If we can facilitate that by expediting the permits, we'd be eager to do so.'' Golden State, a for-profit entity, was formerly known as Astoria Terrace Retirement Residence. Company officials could not be reached Tuesday for comment. Seaver, who also could not be reached Tuesday, has said the soonest hospital beds could be converted is late 2007. However, if the demand for acute-care beds rises faster than predicted, it could hasten the move, the hospital has said. Newhall Memorial's transitional-care unit provides skilled nursing care, often to elderly patients who no longer need acute care but are not ready to return home. Two years ago, Newhall Memorial converted 29 of the unit's 56 beds to acute care, and in April, hospital officials said converting the remaining beds might better serve the community's acute-care needs. Acute care includes inpatient surgery, observation and intensive care. Dr. Gene Dorio, an outspoken advocate for the transitional-care unit who often makes house calls for his many elderly patients, said the proposed site is ideally located between Canyon Country and the west side of town. ``It's perfect for physicians and patients to be in without having to leave the valley,'' Dorio said. ``I hope they wouldn't intend on closing our transitional care unit at (Newhall Memorial) until this one is open.'' Task force members include Santa Clarita Councilwoman Laurene Weste; Councilman Bob Kellar; Pulskamp; Berens; Seaver; Robin Clough, director of recreation and volunteers at the Senior Center; Dr. Gene Dorio; businessman Duane Harte; car dealership This article is about car dealerships. For the indie pop band, see Dealership (band). A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new cars and/or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or owners and philanthropists Don and Cheri Fleming; and publisher Richard Budman. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 |
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