Jersey Shore Business Journal
March 05, 2008
Dom Fantini and Pam Trevarthen show off some ballroom dance steps at a
special event at North Cape Center on Thursday, Feb. 2.
Lower Township Councilman Thomas Conrad, at right, meets some of the
attendees at a special event Thursday, Feb. 28 at the North Cape Center.
Lower Township Mayor Walt Craig is greeted by Karen Hoffman, the
administrator at the North Cape Center. |
North Cape Center unveils renovations
NORTH CAPE MAY – Officials, healthcare providers and community members were
treated to cocktails, salmon mouse and live music Thursday at a healthcare
center.
The North Cape Center, set to celebrate its 12th year since its opening, hosted
the event to show off its recent renovations.
“It was a blast,” said Karen Hoffman, the facility’s administrator, after the
event.
The facility does long-term care on the second and part of the first floor, and
has 42 units for short-term, sub acute care, Hoffman said. There is a waiting
list for the facility, she said, and the facility holds about 115 patients on a
daily basis.
It is owned by Genesis Health Care out of Kennett Square, Pa., which operates
senior health centers in multiple sates, mostly in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware, Hoffman said.
The North Cape Center recently completed about $300,000 in renovations,
including redecorated hallways, new carpet, a redone dining room and other work,
with plans to continue the work through the rest of the building. The recent
event was in part to show off the renovations, but also to give local doctors,
nurses, case managers and others who may refer patients to North Cape Center a
chance to see the facility and meet the staff, according to Hoffman.
“It gave the community a chance to see exactly what we do,” Hoffman said.
There were also several elected officials on hand, and one Rotary Club member
who took time away from the event to visit her mother upstairs at the center.
Hoffman said she has been the administrator at North Cape Center since its
opening, and that medical director Dr. Joseph Schwartz and Lois Hellmig, the
director of nursing, have also been at the facility since it opened, which
Hoffman described as very unusual.
The center employs 150 people, Hoffman said.
-- Bill Barlow |
