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Mayor says Edwin Shaw will make switch in fall; Akron General won't comment, county surprised
By Cheryl Powell
Beacon Journal medical writer
Published on Friday, Jun 26, 2009
Akron General Health System's Edwin Shaw Rehab program is moving to Cuyahoga Falls this fall from its aging facility in Lakemore, Falls Mayor Don Robart confirmed Thursday.
Edwin Shaw will take over a portion of Falls Village Retirement Community, a nursing home in the former Fallsview Psychiatric Hospital on East Broadway, Robart said.
But Akron General spokesman Jim Gosky said the health system ''cannot comment on this yet.''
''We have nothing specific we can say until we have plans finalized, and they are not finalized,'' Gosky said. ''It would be inappropriate to speak to that. We don't have a lease signed. We don't have board approval.''
According to Robart, the move would bring 100 jobs to the city.
''We're looking forward to the move,'' Robart said. ''We think it's going to be great for Cuyahoga Falls.''
If a deal goes forward, Akron General could occupy the
first floor of Falls Village, said Michael Francus, president of VRC Management Inc., the facility's manager.
Last month, Falls Village closed its 36-bed assisted-living unit, which was on that floor, he said.
''We closed it because it was really not the highest and best use for that space,'' he said.
Francus acquired the former psychiatric hospital from the state in 1999 and opened it as a nursing home two years later, after renovating it.
Regardless of what happens, Francus said, Falls Village plans to continue using the second and third floors for its 108-bed, all-private-room skilled nursing facility.
''There's absolutely no change in the services or the number of skilled nursing beds that Falls Village operates,'' Francus said. ''In fact, the services would be enhanced by joining up with an acute rehab provider.''
Plans to relocate Edwin Shaw from its sprawling, aging location in Lakemore have been in the works for several years.
Akron General acquired the Edwin Shaw operation from Summit County in 2005 and has been leasing the facility until plans for a permanent home could be finalized.
Under the sales agreement, Akron General paid $1.35 million to buy the hospital business but not the facilities and 100-plus-acre property, which continue to be owned by the county.
The news of Edwin Shaw's potential move by year's end from Lakemore to Cuyahoga Falls came as a surprise Thursday to Summit County officials.
Summit County Council last week approved a new two-year lease option with Akron General for the Lakemore location, said Jason Dodson, chief of staff for Summit County Executive Russ Pry.
''That was at the request of Edwin Shaw,'' Dodson said of the lease extension. ''That's news to me if they're going to be moving out of there.''
County officials are continuing to work with Lakemore to determine possible uses for the property, Dodson said.
''We don't have anything concrete yet,'' he said. ''If Akron General is moving out by this fall, that definitely will speed things up.''
Edwin Shaw opened as a five-county tuberculosis hospital in 1908 and later changed to a rehabilitation and skilled nursing hospital for patients recovering from strokes, traumas, joint-replacement surgery and other medical problems.
Summit County and the Edwin Shaw board decided the rehabilitation hospital couldn't survive on its own in its aging, money-sapping facilities.
So the hospital and county leaders agreed to sell Edwin Shaw to Akron General rather than ask taxpayers to approve levies to keep it operating.
Cheryl Powell can be reached at 330-996-3902 or chpowell@thebeaconjournal.com. Beacon Journal correspondent Gina Mace contributed to this report.
Akron General Health System's Edwin Shaw Rehab program is moving to Cuyahoga Falls this fall from its aging facility in Lakemore, Falls Mayor Don Robart confirmed Thursday.
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Akron, OH
Posted 02:50 AM, 06/26/2009
and the winner is ... NOT Lakemore.
akron, oh
Posted 09:25 AM, 06/26/2009
This will be a drastic downsizing. According to Edwin Shaw's website they currently employ 400. Only 100 are going to make the move? How many beds will be lost?
Lakemore, OH
Posted 10:21 AM, 06/26/2009
Sad, sad news, another kick in the face for the Village of Lakemore.
Asheville (raised in Akron), NC
Posted 10:43 AM, 06/26/2009
I have nothing to add to this story. I just want to make a "shout-out" to my sister, Marie, whom works at Akron General and reads these posts.
Akron, OH
Posted 11:02 AM, 06/26/2009
Akron General is just bad for business. Blood suckers who not climb into bed with the falls .. remember, be carefull what you wish for. Lakemore is now on life support and fading fast. First the Police, next the Fire Dept...
Orrville, Oh
Posted 03:07 PM, 06/26/2009
Governor, Mayor, Legislators, and Representatives of we, the Government of the USA that support defying demands of Natural Law: what Mother Nature, God, or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world, democracy, capitalism, the US Constitution, and free, fair, and affordable commerce.
Demanding every corporation, farmer, business, outsourcer sweatshop, and nonprofit, tax-exempt, organization and Church markets the cost in the wholesale and retail price of his or her product and service; Of Fathers disqualified for affirmative action with white skin, Union workers, consumers, taxpayers, and America’s grandchildren’s children; lottery, casino, and keno losers, unemployed workers, aliens, waitresses that pander for life for $2.00 per hour, insubordinate, low-income, defiant of realities demands volunteers without wages, nonunion parasites willing to work for fewer wages than they can afford life; moving Akron General Health System Rehab Program to Cuyahoga Falls. With money derived from wages or independent business profit!
WADSWORTH, OH
Posted 03:41 PM, 06/26/2009
Loren=does anyone ever post a positive response to your continual whacked out manifest of BS ?
AGH=SUKKS
Posted 04:16 PM, 06/26/2009
billybob-
funny!
does anyone bother reading the continual whacked out posts anymore???????
Akron, Oh
Posted 06:03 PM, 06/26/2009
this just sucks!
Front Line, KC
Posted 06:04 PM, 06/26/2009
What a great move for the people in the are and Akron General. It will be nice to have those great people in the area. It will also make it so much easier for those that need to use the facility. Finally a politician and a local business working to help the public. How refreshing.
Akron, Oh
Posted 06:05 PM, 06/26/2009
once again, summit county has screwed Lakemore. maybe the mayor should look for the money that the past mayors screwed the village out of. Someone needs to put the county on the spot!
akron, oh
Posted 07:05 AM, 06/27/2009
Looks like the Mayor of Lakemore needs to fight harder. Losing jobs to Cuyahoga Falls...That is really bad news for that community.
Central Valley, CA
Posted 08:45 AM, 06/27/2009
Okay must admit I do read Loren Eberly's post and then I play a game called what medication should she be on today? So far I have chosen the blue pill for this post but usually I stick with the pink pill..
akron, oh
Posted 04:28 PM, 06/27/2009
I'm still waiting for a simple "hello" or at least a comment back from one of the ramblings. Too bad it's not still Fallsview_then Loren's post might make sense.
