All of us here at Seacrest Village hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. In the first full week of December we underwent our annual survey by the State Department of Health and Senior Services. I am happy to say that all went very well. Also, on December 15th, the ground breaking ceremony was held for The Terraces at Seacrest Village, an Assisted Living community
with a planned opening of early 2013. For more on this please contact us and we will be
sure to provide you with information as it becomes available. 2012 promises to be a busy year at Seacrest Village with many new exciting opportunities.

Currently we are preparing for a change in the
Medicaid program with a shift to Managed Care Organizations (MCO’s) being responsible for managing the Medicaid program. Many of you may have already seen this shift take place in the last few months for anyone with Medicaid in the community. Although there are many questions yet to be answered by both the state and MCO’s, the plan is to make this transition for the Long Term Care population on July 1, 2012. We will be sure to keep everyone abreast of the situation as we receive more information over the coming
months.

We are also joining a new collaborative in South Jersey to reduce hospital readmissions. There are many things that can be done here at Seacrest Village to treat certain conditions which in the past may have required hospitalization. We are in the process of working with our physicians to develop
the proper pathways and protocols to treat
our residents here without having to transfer
them to a hospital. This ultimately will result in
better continuity of care for our residents, as hospitalization can cause increased weakness and a further decline in one’s physical ability.

We will continue to update you all on these issues as we move forward. Once again, all of us here at Seacrest Village wish you a happy and healthy 2012.

Sincerely,

T. Brian Holloway Jr. LNHA
Administrator