Heartland welcomes Leedy as new administrator
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Heartland of Hillsboro nursing home has a new administrator who said she is looking forward to continuing quality care in a town that she says feels like home.
Sandy Leedy began serving as the administrator at Heartland in November. She has worked in the field for 16 years.
She began her career as an activities director at Heartland of Portsmouth, "where I fell in love with the field," according to Leedy.
After becoming a social worker for nursing home residents, she received her administrator's license.
Leedy said that with many changes in the industry in recent years, she feels that she can help Heartland of Hillsboro continue to adapt to the changing roles that nursing homes play in the medical field.
"The industry had really been changing in the last few years," she said. "Patients who would have been in a hospital five years ago, we are able to care for. It's mostly the result of insurance companies; hospitals are more expensive for the same type of care. For patients at the post-acute level - at the acute level you would have to be at a hospital - we have nurses who are specially trained to handle that type of care. This is not the nursing home of five years ago. We have nurses who are trained in advanced life support, and teams of therapists on staff."
Leedy said that 95 percent of people who are admitted to nursing homes are there for short-term care, and eventually return home.
"But we still have long-term people, also," she said.
Leedy said that after living in Peebles for so long, working in Hillsboro, "feels like I'm at home."
Heartland of Hillsboro nursing home has a new administrator who said she is looking forward to continuing quality care in a town that she says feels like home.
Sandy Leedy began serving as the administrator at Heartland in November. She has worked in the field for 16 years.
She began her career as an activities director at Heartland of Portsmouth, "where I fell in love with the field," according to Leedy.
After becoming a social worker for nursing home residents, she received her administrator's license.
Leedy said that with many changes in the industry in recent years, she feels that she can help Heartland of Hillsboro continue to adapt to the changing roles that nursing homes play in the medical field.
"The industry had really been changing in the last few years," she said. "Patients who would have been in a hospital five years ago, we are able to care for. It's mostly the result of insurance companies; hospitals are more expensive for the same type of care. For patients at the post-acute level - at the acute level you would have to be at a hospital - we have nurses who are specially trained to handle that type of care. This is not the nursing home of five years ago. We have nurses who are trained in advanced life support and teams of therapists on staff."
Leedy said that 95 percent of people who are admitted to nursing homes are there for short-term care, and eventually return home.
"But we still have long-term people, also," she said.
Leedy said that after living in Peebles for so long, working in Hillsboro, "feels like I'm at home."
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