Background Information on
Seniorsfirst Communities & Services
Seniorsfirst Communities & Services is a not-for-profit senior services organization that provides a full-range of senior lifestyle options in the Rochester area, including: at-home services referrals; social day program; short and long term skilled nursing, Alzheimer's care; and both independent and assisted living apartment homes. The Seniorsfirst Foundation solicits, receives, manages and disburses donated funds for the benefit of Kirkhaven, Valley Manor and Seniorsfirst Services. As a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, all donations are eligible for tax deductions. Seniorsfirst employs approximately 330 employees.
Seniorsfirst Communities & Services is comprised of:
Valley Manor, 1570 East Avenue, Rochester NY, 14610
Independent Custom Apartment Homes
with an adjacent Assisted Living Community
Kirkhaven, 254 Alexander Street, Rochester NY 14607
Long-term skilled nursing
Short-term Transitional/Rehabilitation Care
Alzheimer’s Special Care
Seniorsfirst Services, 1570 East Avenue, Rochester NY, 14610
Adult Social Day Program
Health & Fitness Programs
Contracted Home Maintenance Referrals
Valley Manor History
In 1967, the Presbyterian Residence Center Corporation met in the Rochester Chamber of Commerce Building to plan what would become the first independent retirement community in New York State.
PRCC purchased the property at 1570 East Avenue from the United Cerebral Palsy Association, which was relocating to the Al Sigl Center.
The name "Valley Manor" was adopted, and with a donation by Edward Harris, a partner at Harris, Beach, construction began in 1969 on an innovative poured concrete design by Carl Kalber, the architect who planned the Strasenburgh Planetarium.
Valley Manor Apartments opened in July of 1971 to rave reviews. The newspaper reported "You have to be at least 62 years old to live in the Valley Manor...But from the way everyone was 'oohing and aahing' at yesterday's dedication ceremonies, many a person far shy of the three-score-and-two mark wouldn't mind hanging their hat there."
Timeline
1971 Valley Manor opens
1972 The Valley Manor Resident Association forms
1978 Personal Care Services Agency organizes to provide on-site nursing and health maintenance care
1979 Valley Manor establishes its Endowment Fund
1985 1570 Gallery opens
1987 Valley Dinner Club home-delivered meals program begins
1989 Club 24 Senior Living At Home program begins
1990 The Senior Class Day Program opens
1991 New addition adds Health & Fitness Center, The Countinghouse banking & postal services, Deli, and Chapel
1994 Valley Manor purchases the former Dickens Restaurant building to create The Schmitt Senior Resource Center
1999 Valley Manor joins with Kirkhaven to create Seniorsfirst Communities and Services (The Presbyterian Homes and Services of Genesee Valley, Inc.), an affiliation designed to combine resources, ease transitions, and provide a wider range of services for the senior population of Rochester.
2002 Assisted Living at Valley Manor, an eight-unit apartment complex, opens to provide housing that includes daily personal and healthcare services.
2003 Seniorsfirst Services brings together At-Home Services (formerly Club 24), Personal Care Services, Health & Fitness, and Day & Respite Programs (formerly The Senior Class and Gold Club) as a third affiliate in the Seniorsfirst Communities & Services continuum.
Kirkhaven History
1975 A joint nursing homes committee forms, consisting of members from Rochester Presbyterian Home's Board of Trustees and Valley Manor's Board of Directors, to oversee the development of a skilled nursing care facility.
1979 Rochester Presbyterian Home takes title to the former Pavilion Nursing Home on behalf of the joint committee.
1980 The Genesee Valley Presbyterian Nursing Center, doing business as Kirkhaven, incorporates and elects its first board of directors.
1983 Complete renovation of the facility begins.
February 20, 1984: Kirkhaven opens.
1990 The Kirkhaven Foundation forms to solicit, receive and manage funds for Kirkhaven.
1992 Construction begins on a 20,000-square foot addition to consolidate office areas, and provide spacious rooms for Recreation, Physical and Occupational Therapy, visiting rooms and a meditation room.
1995 Kirkhaven refurbishes all resident rooms, and establishes rehabilitation beds on the second floor.
1996 Kirkhaven officially dedicates The Anderson Transitional Care Center.
1998 The Hart Taylor Special Care Center for the care of seniors with later stage dementia opens after extensive physical renovation and programming development.
1999 The Rochester Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association names our Hart Taylor Special Care Center "Outstanding Residential Care Provider".
1999 Kirkhaven and Valley Manor create Seniorsfirst (The Presbyterian Homes and Services of Genesee Valley, Inc.), an affiliation designed to combine resources, ease transitions, and provide a wider range of services for the senior population of Rochester.
2002 Kirkhaven renovates its courtyard, creating a beautiful outdoor recreational resource for residents and their guests.
2005-2006 Kirkhaven Leadership commits to Pathways for Meaningful Living, a grassroots culture change movement in long-term care
2005-2006 Kirkhaven Senior leaders become certified as Eden Alternative Associates. (For more info, go to www.edenalt.com)
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ContactsJames DeVoe Cilla Drinkwater email: presscontact@seniorsfirstonline.com |
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