[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUB-ACUTE CARE AT NURSING HOMES

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, with more people living longer in our 
country, the care of the elderly ill is a growing concern. A new type 
of care among nursing homes and health care providers is called sub-
acute care and is for otherwise seriously ill people needing such 
treatments as ventilator support, respiratory care, complex IV therapy, 
peritoneal dialysis, and pain management.
  For relatively brief stays, these patients can be given constant and 
detailed attention in a nursing home to curtail overcrowding at 
hospitals.
  The Split Rock Nursing Home and the Eastchester Park Nursing Home, 
both in the Bronx, are initiating this type of care, a first in the New 
York City area. Both facilities, which have 440 beds and are owned by 
the Zelmanowicz family, have been operating for 25 years and 30 years 
respectively.
  They can provide this care for less than the cost in hospitals, 
saving money and other resources for the more gravely ill. It also 
makes life and treatment easier for these patients and their families 
to have this type of treatment in the usually friendlier confines of a 
nursing home.
  The Split Rock and the Eastchester Nursing Homes are accredited and 
progressive long-term care facilities serving the diverse communities 
of the northeastern Bronx.
  I want to use this opportunity to congratulate Naomi Zelmanowicz, 
M.D., Abe Zelmanowicz, and Rebecca Rich for the years they have spent 
making life more worth living for the elderly in the Bronx.

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