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RNZ News
17-07-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Auckland mental health facility Segar House to shut down
An Auckland mental health facility catering for people with long-standing or chronic problems will shut down. Health NZ has been consulting on its proposal to close Rauaroha Segar House, and this afternoon told patients and staff the service will close its doors. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
16-07-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Plea to reopen consultation into plans to close Auckland mental health facility
There are plans to close mental health facility Rauaroha Segar House. Photo: Google Maps Street View A union representing public service workers is urging health officials to reopen consultation into proposals to close an Auckland mental health facility , citing concerns about predetermination. The PSA has sent a lawyer's letter to Health NZ Te Whatu Ora with the plea about Rauaroha Segar House, which offer a publicly funded intensive programme for people with long-standing or chronic mental health problems. Health NZ says it is working through feedback on the proposed closure, after staff put forward a plan to keep a service they and many patients say is unique. After the period seeking submissions closed, correspondence obtained by Labour spokesperson for mental health Ingrid Leary and reported by RNZ revealed officials had intended to vacate the Khyber Pass Road facility Segar House operates from in January, before a pre-Christmas move to extend the lease until June. It has since been extended again until 30 September. The correspondence makes no mention of possible alternative venues for the programme, but Health NZ said the building lease was not a factor in its decision making, and the proposal was about providing the best healthcare and value for money. The PSA's letter, from its solicitor Caroline Mayston to Health NZ co-director of mental health and addiction services in Te Toka Tumai, Stacy Silva Garay, last Friday said after learning of the lease information in the media the union had serious concerns about "predetermination of the change process". It said Health NZ breached its duty to provide all relevant information to employees and unions during the Segar House consultation process. "We request that consultation be reopened to allow affected employees to consider and respond to this additional information, as is their right," Mayston wrote. The union's concerns were not alleviated by Health NZ saying lease arrangements had nothing to do with the proposal to close Segar House. "This [the correspondence obtained by Leary] indicates to us that Te Whatu Ora was planning for the disestablishment of Rauaroha Segar House well prior to opening consultation with affected employees and had no intention of maintaining the service elsewhere. "We do not accept this information was not relevant to the change process." Rauaroha Segar House has offered a publicly funded intensive programme for people with long-standing or chronic mental health problems. Photo: 123RF RNZ asked Health NZ if it would allow staff and other parties to have a say on the new information, what its response was regarding concerns about predetermination, and when a decision on Segar House's future would be made. Health NZ northern regional acting deputy chief executive Mike Shepherd said officials were considering the information the PSA provided. "We have received a large volume of feedback on the change process for the facility and we have been carefully reviewing this feedback. "We will be in a position to make a decision shortly and this decision will be communicated to affected stakeholders as soon as possible." Leary said allowing the PSA's suggestion of reopening consultation seemed fair and logical. "Extending the time to ensure proper consultation is happening is the right thing to do. That's what I've said all along and that's what needs to happen." It made sense to give the staff idea of loosening the criteria for people to use the service a go, to see if it worked, she said. But, it looked like officials hadn't entered the process with an open mind as they scrambled to save money, Leary said. Health NZ has cited low referral numbers in its proposal to axe Segar House, although entry requirements were tightened about six years ago. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
CTV News
03-07-2025
- General
- CTV News
Elliot Lake shuts Ruben Yli-Jutti Centre
The City of Elliot Lake has shuttered all amenities at the Ruben Yli-Jutti Centre indefinitely. The closure, announced Wednesday, affects the pool, gym, sauna and other facilities. The centre had just recently reopened following renovations.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New Berlin assisted living facility closing in June. Here's how it affects residents, staff
The assisted living unit of a New Berlin senior living facility will close June 30, affecting 45 residents and 24 staff members. Staff and residents got 54 days' warning of the closure at ProHealth Care's Regency Senior Communities, at 13750 West National Avenue. A letter from May 7 obtained by the Journal Sentinel from ProHealth Care and Capri Communities, which manages the facility, said the organizations have been exploring renovation options for two years and decided to demolish the assisted living wing after "exhaustive discussions and planning reviews." The 63-bed assisted living wing is located in a former hospital that is "beyond repair," according to the letter. A newer wing of 307 apartments, where seniors live independently, will remain open with no changes, ProHealth spokeswoman Susen Rasmussen said in a statement. ProHealth has offered the affected 45 assisted living residents the option of moving to one of its other assisted living facilities — in Brookfield or Muskego — or another facility managed by Capri Communities. As of May 9, 35 residents had housing plans in place, and staff would continue working with the others to make plans, Rasmussen said. All assisted living staff were given the option of applying for open positions at other ProHealth and Capri facilities, the letter said. While construction on the independent apartments began in 2017, the assisted living wing is located in the former New Berlin Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1966 and closed in 1988, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel archives. The letter from ProHealth said the required renovations are cost-prohibitive. They include HVAC and roof repairs, aging kitchen equipment and "unrentable" room configurations. And it was not feasible to move residents into apartments in the independent-living wing, since the apartments are spaced too far apart to efficiently care for assisted living residents, the letter said. "After a review of all options, there was no clear path to renovate the space that would meet the future needs of the residents and staffing. Demolishing the building is the best business decision," the letter said. Demolition will begin in late summer or early fall, the letter said. Then, a kitchen and dining room for the independent living wing will be expanded. Facilities are required to provide 30 days' notice to residents that their facility is closing, per state standards. Last legislative session, lawmakers attempted to raise that bar to 90 days for certain facilities, citing harms to residents. The proposal failed. The New Berlin facility is classified as one that's intended for people who need help living alone due to health issues but don't have dementia or other cognitive limitations. Monthly rent at the facility ranges from $3,700 to $5,400 on average, per state records. The facility is more expensive than other facilities of the same licensure. The average statewide is $2,900 to $4,700 per month. More: Journal Sentinel's coverage of prisons, assisted living wins Wisconsin investigative reporting award This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ProHealth assisted living facility in New Berlin to close in June
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UPS confirms building closures, shift cuts in 4 states
This story was originally published on Supply Chain Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Supply Chain Dive newsletter. UPS is closing five facilities in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, plus a sortation shift at an Ohio building, in the coming months as part of its sweeping network overhaul. The following locations will shutter or see operations reduced due to the company's "Network Reconfiguration" initiative, spokesperson Karen Tomaszewski Hill confirmed in an email to Supply Chain Dive: Location Result Closing date Employees impacted 2006 River Road, New Kensington, Pennsylvania Building closure May 10 Unknown 2129 Rockdale Lane, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Building closure May 16 Unknown 647 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts Building closure May 23 62 20 N. Star Rd., Holmen, Wisconsin Building closure June 10 42 1821 South 19th St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Building closure June 20 Unknown 17940 Englewood Dr., Middleburg Heights, Ohio Day sortation shift closure July 1 98 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letters filed for the Wisconsin and Ohio facilities said the bulk of employees impacted at those locations work part time, with bumping rights in effect for workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The union's general president, Sean O'Brien, warned in a statement last week that if any planned job cuts 'attempt to go after hard-fought, good-paying Teamsters jobs, UPS will be in for a hell of a fight.' UPS is working to place as many affected employees as possible in other positions, according to Hill. More closures could be revealed in the coming weeks, as UPS is planning to shutter 73 facilities by June's end and cut roughly 20,000 positions this year. The cuts are part of the carrier's efforts to match its U.S. network's capacity with expected volume declines. UPS is reducing the amount of volume it delivers for Amazon, its largest customer, by June 2026. UPS is helping its largest customers adjust their operating plans to mitigate any disruptions from the building closures while encouraging smaller shippers to use alternative drop off points, CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call last week. 'While this may be the largest network reconfiguration in our history, we've got experience that gives us confidence that we will be able to complete our plan with very little customer disruption and at the right cost to serve,' Tomé said on the call. Recommended Reading UPS plans 20K job cuts this year as Amazon pullback advances Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
