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Marquis Health Thanks North End Nursing Home Steering Committee

As they prepare to take over the North End Nursing Home & Rehab Center, management from new operator, Marquis Heath, hosted a small dinner at Lucia Ristorante to thank the local steering committee that fought to keep the facility from closing. Norman Rokeach, CEO, told the group that the transition from Partners Healthcare / Spaulding Read More…

Community Health & Environment Real Estate

Video: Nursing Home Transfer Cheered at Neighborhood Council

Residents were in a congratulatory mood on Monday night as Spaulding (Partners Healthcare) presented plans that will keep open the North End Nursing and Rehab Center by transferring and ultimately selling the facility to Marquis Health Services (Tryko Partners). Spaulding President David Storto was met with a gracious reception from the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC), members of the neighborhood steering Read More…

Health & Environment Real Estate

North End Nursing Home & Rehab Facility to Stay Open With New Operator, Marquis Health

The North End nursing home and rehabilitation center in Boston’s North End will be leased to a new operator, keeping it open for existing residents and future patients.  Marquis Health Services, a subsidiary of Tryko Partners, will acquire the facility, according to a January 6th news release from exiting owner Partners Healthcare, that operated it under Spaulding Rehabilitation Services. The Read More…

Health & Environment Real Estate

Spaulding Delays Application to Transfer North End Nursing License

Letter to the North End Community from David Storto, President of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network: We recognize that our plans to relocate our nursing home operation to Brighton has resulted in significant concern on the part of many people in the community who have a strong desire to keep the services conveniently available to residents Read More…

Community Health & Environment

North End Nursing Home Hearing at Boston City Council Brings All Parties to the Table

Officials and residents packed the Boston City Council chamber on Tuesday night, yet the operator of the North End Nursing Home said it still plans to close down the 140-bed facility in about a year. For its part, the Boston Redevelopment Authority confirmed that restrictions on the property, designated under urban renewal, must be used for a nursing home Read More…

Community Health & Environment

Steering Committee Organizing to Save North End Nursing Home [Video]

The latest efforts to stop the closing of the North End Nursing Home were reviewed at this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). The Spaulding Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, owned by Partners Healthcare, is located at 70 Fulton Street, on the corner of Richmond, in Boston’s North End neighborhood. North End resident, Jason Aluia, Read More…

Community Health & Environment

Passions Erupt at Meeting with Spaulding / Partners Over Closing of North End Nursing Home [Video]

North End residents and family members confronted company management planning to close the North End Nursing Home at the Monday night meeting of the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC). President of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, David Storto, met face to face with the neighborhood stakeholders who are vowing to fight the transfer of nursing home residents to Read More…

Community Health & Environment

Open Letter to the North End Community from the Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center

As many of you have heard, we recently made the difficult but necessary decision to move our skilled nursing operations to a facility in Brighton. The dedicated staff members of Spaulding North End have provided excellent care to residents for many years despite the significant physical and structural limitations of the facility itself. These limitations Read More…

Community Health & Environment

State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Reacts to Expected Closing of North End Nursing Home

State Representative Aaron Michlewitz addressed attendees at the June 9th meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) regarding the expected closing of the North End Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Michlewitz expresses his initial thoughts on the effort to stop or delay the sale by Partners Healthcare, assist current nursing home residents and his expectations for the property Read More…

Community Health & Environment

NEW Health Responds to Closing of North End Nursing and Rehab Center

No one is sadder than I that the North End Nursing and Rehab Center will be closing. Before becoming CEO of the health center in 1988, I was Chief Financial Officer of the nursing home from its opening in 1983, until 1988. Things were very different 33 years ago. Residents lived in a communal setting; almost akin Read More…

Community Health & Environment

North End Nursing Home & Rehab Center to Close Leaving Elderly and Families in Lurch

The 140-bed North End Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center owned by Partners Healthcare is planning to close in about a year, according to those familiar with the situation. Residents and families are currently being notified of plans to sell the property. Operated by Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, the nursing and therapy center is located at 70 Fulton Street, on the corner Read More…