Hudson Valley Senior Living Facility Now Announcing Upcoming Closure

For more than a century, the Vassar-Warner Home has been serving the Hudson Valley, and now, in just two months, they will close their doors for good.

18 residents in independent living, and 17 adults in assisted living will require new placements and/or alternate living arrangements come Ocotber.

Poughkeepsie Nonprofit Senior Living Facility To Close

The area's only nonprofit senior living facility is preparing to shutter after a historic Hudson Valley run of more than 150 years. Though there was suspicion, official word came on Tuesday July 30th that the Vassar-Warner Home, located on S. Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie, would close effective October of this year.

Ericka Von Salews, Executive Director of the historic Poughkeepsie facility, shared the following:

It is with great sadness and regret that I share this news. Vassar-Warner Home has been a beloved part of our community and a much-needed resource locally. We will remain open until every resident has been placed in their new home and we will do everything possible to make this transition smooth for our residents and their loved ones, as well as the compassionate team who work here.

The team, under the guidance of the New York State Department of Health, is working to relocate the 35 residents currently residing at the facility to other facilities that will 'best meet their needs' on or before October 14th.

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As for the reasoning behind the closure, officials state that 'unsustainable Medicaid reimbursement rates, occupancy challenges, and rising costs' as the main barriers to operation.

About The Vassar-Warner Home

Established 153 years ago back in 1871, the Vassar-Warner Home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It currently stands as the only nonprofit senior living residence in Dutchess County, and serves adults 55+ as an adult home, as well as offering assisted living programs and respite care services.

Before it transitioned into what we know it as today, the site was the Dutchess Academy for Boys, and then turned into a refuge for elderly women, eventually becoming the Old Ladies Home. In 1896, following an expansion, the Old Ladies Home and the Vassar Home for Aged Men combined, and became the Vassar-Warner Home in 1974.