Here are four systems and facilities closing their long-term care and rehabilitation units in 2024:
- Joliet, Ill.-based Salem Village, a nursing home and rehab facility, will close in March due to low resident numbers.
- The Minnesota Department of Health held a public hearing regarding the planned closure of Sanford Bemidji (Minn.) Medical Center's inpatient rehabilitation unit.
- Middletown, Conn.-based Middlesex Health Care Center will close in spring due to costs of upgrading, staffing and rising costs.
- Ellsworth, Maine-based Seaport Village Healthcare, a skilled nursing, rehabilitation and assisted living facility, has submitted a closure plan for its skilled nursing facility to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.