VillageCare Completes Transaction of Rivington House
When VillageCare opened Rivington House in 1995, it was the final stop for many AIDS patients. The main task was to comfort them, relieve their physical and emotional pain and ease their final days. Most received care for just a few weeks or a few months. Very few remained a year. That was the reality of AIDS at the time. Thanks to the myriad of advances in AIDS care and research over the last two decades, the wide majority of people with AIDS today live long, productive and healthy lives The need for a sin
New York City, NY, February 25, 2015 (Newswire.com) - VillageCare Completes Transaction of Rivington House
When VillageCare began exploring the potential sale of Rivington House, the hope was to come to a solution that would preserve long-term, skilled nursing care on the Lower East Side of New York City, as well as affording Rivington House employees the opportunity to remain employed with a new provider.
"VillageCare is pleased to announce that it has completed the transaction of Rivington House to another long-term care provider. This transaction ensures that a broader array of people and health care needs continue to be met within the community, along with a majority of the employees retaining their jobs."
Emma DeVito, President and Chief Executive Officer
VillageCare is pleased to announce that it has completed the transaction of Rivington House to another long-term care provider—The Allure Group. This transaction ensures that a broader array of people and health care needs continue to be met within the community, along with a majority of the employees retaining their jobs.
VillageCare is an innovative long-term care organization that is proud of its long-standing tradition of understanding the current state of need in the communities served, and its prompt response in pursuing all appropriate options. Serving thousands of individuals each year, we are motivated by their ever-changing needs. Through award-winning community and sub-acute services, as well as innovative partnerships, we strive consistently to provide the highest quality of care possible to some of the neediest members of our community.