The faith-based organization owns and operates retirement communities and skilled nursing and rehabilitation neighborhoods, as well as provides home health agency and hospice care services. Services are provided to more than 3,300 people a year, at the Ohio 741 Warren County campus and locations throughout the state. The nonprofit’s various entities employ more than 1,500 full-and part-time workers.
On June 30, Heather McCurry was appointed vice president of home health and hospice for Otterbein. Nonprofit Otterbein Home Health was licensed in early 2010, and Otterbein Hospice was licensed in late 2013.
Due to a retirement, Jason Miller, formerly vice president of operations for Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Communities' campus in Lebanon, was promoted to vice president of operations for the entire division of retirement communities. His new post was effective August 4.
Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Communities consists of five campuses in Cridersville, Lebanon, North Shore, Portage Valley and St. Marys.
Previously, Marlin Yost was vice president of operations overseeing the four other retirement communities besides Lebanon; he announced his retirement six months ago, sparking a search for his replacement, said Gary Horning, Otterbein spokesman.
Now, Miller will oversee operations of all five communities.
And, Bill Wexler was named August 4 executive director of the Lebanon campus, in charge of day-to-day activities. Wexler and the executive directors of the other retirement communities now all report to Miller.
Meanwhile, Otterbein's plans to develop a major mixed residential, retail, office and commercial development in Lebanon are temporarily on hold, Horning said. Otterbein officials postponed hearings with Warren County Commissioners to review development plans for Union Village, which, if built, could include up to 4,500 new homes.
Facilities in St. Marys are under renovation to convert some assisted living beds to post-surgical care beds and open a 12-room rehabilitation center, Horning said.
Otterbein will break ground before the end of 2014 on additional assisted living space and to open a post-acute rehabilitation center in Cridersville. The project includes constructing a new building for the rehabilitation center and renovating existing space, Horning said.
Also, Otterbein, which currently operates five skilled nursing and rehabilitation neighborhoods, is in the process of developing four more of these neighborhoods in the Columbus-area and in Clermont County, he said. Each neighborhood consists of five oversized ranch-style homes. Each home has 10 suites, and residents share a kitchen, yard, and other living quarters.
Finally, plans are to break ground still this year on a $20 million project to expand the Lebanon campus, and add new retirement homes and a 46-unit apartment building, Horning added.
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