<DIV>Jerry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That would be wonderful if it accepted medicaid patients. Generally speaking, medicaid doesn't cover the costs of caring for someone, income from private care patients is needed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One problem with LHS is that we needed a higher ratio of private care residents. There are also facilities that make excuses not to take medicaid patients, saying it is for reasons "not related". </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The other challenge is finding staff that will work for the wages that can be paid. CNAs and RNs are hard to pay and keep. Some places don't understand that Moscow is expensive, and tend to think employees can afford to work for the wages as provided for in other small Idaho and Washington towns. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But Jerry, if you could make it happen that Medicaid patients get to stay in Moscow, that would be giant good deed for many vulnerable adults in our community and their
families and friends that visit them. PLEASE do keep me informed as to what is happening in this regard. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Jerry Weitz <gweitz@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Donovan, I had an extensive talk with Gritman folks today. A committee will be formed and I will be a member. Our goal is to work with nursing homes to bring skilled nursing--nursing home care to our community. The one that is most interested has 87 skilled nursing bed plus about another 120. If talks with the local care givers prove to be not fruitful, Gritman is committed to recruiting others. The Spokane nursing home has about 60% medicaid patients and thus serves indigents. I'll keep you posted. Jerry <BR><BR>At 01:19 AM 2/8/07, Donovan Arnold wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">And the sadness of it all is that now there is NO place for the indigent elderly in our community to go when they lose their independence. <BR> <BR>My advice to all of you is to get private health insurance because otherwise you will moved out of town when you cannot take care of yourself anymore. Gritman ain't going to take you otherwise. <BR> <BR>But the good news is the medical companies that will be occupying the new building won't pay rent or property taxes and the car dealership will be in Whitman County instead. <BR> <BR>Best,<BR> <BR>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR> <DL> <DD><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <BR> <DD><FONT face=arial color=#000080 size=2>Thanks for posting these results.<BR> <DD><BR> <DD>My faith and confidence in the people of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Latah County has been reassured.<BR> <DD><BR> <DD>Although some people may have questioned whether or not Gritman would retain the LHS property for the purpose of health care, I feel (and I believe the remaining 68.78% of us who voted agree), it is extremely doubtful that a car dealership would have.<BR> <DD><BR> <DD>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR> <DD><BR> <DD>Tom Hansen<BR> <DD>Moscow, Idaho<BR> <DD><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" color=#000080>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his sails." <BR> <DD>- Unknown <BR></FONT> <DD><BR> <HR> <DIV align=center></DIV> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [<A href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" eudora="autourl">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>] On Behalf Of </B>Steven Basoa<BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February
06, 2007 10:21 PM<BR> <DD>To:</B> Vision 2020<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] LHS/Gritman Voting Results<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>Here are the election results from the Latah County web page as of 9:36 pm. 13.64% of the registered voters voted.<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><BR> <DD><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>In Favor of Sale to Gritman</FONT> <FONT size=1>2104</FONT> <FONT size=1>68.83%<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>Against Sale to Gritman</FONT> 953 31.17%<BR>
<DD><FONT face=helvetica size=1>---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>Latah Health Services<BR> <DD>Sale</FONT> of Building and Property<BR> <DD><FONT face=helvetica size=1><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>In <BR> <DD>Favor Against<BR> <DD>of Sale<BR> <DD>Sale</FONT> to<BR> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>Precinct to Gritman<BR> <DD>-------------------- --------- ---------<BR> <DD>01 Moscow 1 6 1<BR> <DD>02 Moscow 2 24 23<BR> <DD>03 Moscow 3 43 22<BR> <DD>04 Moscow 4 93 54<BR> <DD>05 Moscow 5 97 39<BR> <DD>06 Moscow 6 34 8<BR> <DD>07 Moscow 7 58 31<BR> <DD>08 Moscow 8 7 0<BR> <DD>09 Moscow 9 93 34<BR> <DD>10 Moscow 10 98 27<BR></FONT> <DD>11 Moscow 11 82 33<BR> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times" size=1>12 Moscow 12 54 50<BR> <DD>13 Moscow 13 81 13<BR> <DD>14 Moscow 14 45 14<BR> <DD>15 Moscow 15 94 44<BR>
<DD>16 Moscow 16 9 16<BR> <DD>17 Moscow 17 84 40<BR> <DD>18 Moscow 18 8 1<BR> <DD>19 Deary 19 132 79<BR> <DD>20 Farmington 20 19 0<BR> <DD>21 Genesee 21 46 31<BR> <DD>22 Harvard 22 18 12<BR> <DD>23 Juliaetta 23 16 9<BR> <DD>24 Kendrick 24 26 23<BR> <DD>25 Linden 25 28 11<BR> <DD>26 Palouse 26 22 26<BR> <DD>27 Potlatch 27 52 53<BR> <DD>28 Princeton 28 16 38<BR> <DD>29 Troy 29 104 78<BR> <DD>30 Viola 30 29 21<BR> <DD>31 Cora 31 8 19<BR> <DD>32 Bovill 32 24 4<BR> <DD>35 Absentee 35 553 99<BR> <DD>-------------------- --------- ---------<BR> <DD>Totals 2,103 953<BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"><BR></FONT> <DD>=======================================================<BR> <DD>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR> <DD>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> <DD><A href="http://www.fsr.net/" eudora="autourl">http://www.fsr.net</A> <BR> <DD><A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"
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