CCHS Board OKs Initial Look at Assisted Living Facility

State hopes to save money with assisted living pilot programs

DAYTON—At the regular hospital district board meeting on Oct. 27, the board of commissioners honored CEO Shane McGuire’s request for seed money to develop a plan for an assisted living facility in Dayton.

For the past few months, CCHD administrators and the Board of Commissioners have been talking about the lack of assisted living options for older people in the community, or what McGuire refers to as “a donut hole”, in health care for our region.

The hospital district officials convened a special meeting on Oct. 18 to begin serious...