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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CC27 on September 22, 2026, 11:27:23 AM
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Omaha Steve (111,940 posts)
So you live in assisted living...we are closing the doors you have 30 days to move out (UPDATE)
Last edited Mon Sep 21, 2026, 09:26 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE below
Our local assisted living community Hickory Villa 7315 Hickory st... is closing its doors unexpectedly after the out-of-state ownership group decided to pull all of their operations out of Nebraska. This sudden closure has left 49 vulnerable residents—all seniors aged 55 and older on Medicaid—with just a 30-day notice to completely relocate. Because of strict corporate regulations during this closure process, our staff members are unfortunately prohibited from physically helping residents pack or box up their belongings. While some residents have family members step in to help, many do not have any local support system. We are turning to our community for urgent assistance to ensure our residents can move with dignity. We are looking for help with the following: Packing Supplies: Donations of sturdy cardboard boxes, packing tape, bubble wrap, moving blankets, and permanent markers. If you have extra supplies to drop off or if you are willing to volunteer your time to help a senior pack, please reach out to us 402-392-0767
7315 Hickory St or reply to this post. Any amount of community support will make a massive difference during this incredibly difficult transition. Thank you so much for your kindness.
*** update*** I have had alot of calls and donations and volunteers!! Thank you. We have about 10 more residents to find places for. I will know by Friday move out dates so then we can try to plan packers and needs next. This is what the next door app is for! Thank you all for reading and taking the time to comment read or share!!!
bucolic_frolic (57,090 posts)
3. This is what it's coming down to .... we humans have to be human and humane
I couldn't convince a relative that private equity buyouts in retirement villages could mean HOA and monthly maintenance jumping hard, like from $150 to $600. But it happens, and now look at this OP. Leaving elders vulnerable. Corporate greed indeed.
Skittles (175,574 posts)
5. from their statement
".....rising operating costs combined with other economic pressures have made it extremely difficult for us to sustain this level of care at Hickory Villa"
that usually means not enough profit
https://democraticunderground.com/100221518827
DUmmies should be inviting these people to live with them for free.
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Heartless bastards!
Don't they know that Omaha Steve will be dying any day now??? :thatsright:
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DUmmies should be inviting these people to live with them for free.
Free stuff is worth every penny.
Examining how gooberment contributes to costs of care would be more fruitful than empty ignorant virtue-signaling about corporate "greed". But that might lessen gooberment power and would require work.
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Free stuff is worth every penny.
Examining how gooberment contributes to costs of care would be more fruitful than empty ignorant virtue-signaling about corporate "greed". But that might lessen gooberment power and would require work.
Amen
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Heartless bastards!
Don't they know that Omaha Steve will be dying any day now??? :thatsright:
Maybe the mini tacos have something to do with his longevity :-) :-)!
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I have been listening to the local Omaha news all day and there hasn't been anything on it all day. I will check the Facebook pages of the local news I follow but I am not hopeful. A story like that is hard to ignore.
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There's a bit more to this than OS posted, https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/families-scramble-to-find-new-homes-after-hickory-villa-assisted-living-announces-sale , not that I think he was being deceptive. The ALF was being operated by a non-profit, which sold the facility. This was due to being unable to keep operating with increasing operating costs (and Nebraska's Medicaid payments probably not keeping pace). This would have been a problem spanning years, and the ALF management would have let residents and families know that they were having problems.
Anyway, the sale of the facility was not due to "corporate greed". The few news stories I could find said nothing about the purchaser, whether it's an operator of ALFs and SNFs or just a real estate buyer. If it is such an operator, that Hickory Village is a fully staffed, etc. ALF, suggests that there is some fundamental problem with the facility itself, requiring that it be closed as unsuited for operation. There's probably more to this story, more than OS knows.
As for, "Because of strict corporate regulations during this closure process, our staff members are unfortunately prohibited from physically helping residents pack or box up their belongings," this is probably due to some combination of:
* Precluding lawsuits from nurses, aides, and orderlies injured while doing moving they are not trained to do;
* Precluding lawsuits from patients/family claiming their belongings were damaged or lost due to staf negligence;
* Union contract.