Virginia Closes Geriatric ICF at Western State Hospital

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The State of Virginia has closed the geriatric intermediate care facility (ICF) at Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. According to John Beghtol, Western State’s Assistant Director For Community Services, “Only a portion of Western State’s geriatric program will close. Our Alzheimer’s ward and our geriatric admissions unit will remain open. Only the intermediate care facility was closed. Patients in that facility were transferred to four other geriatric facilities within the state.” The closing of the ICF is part of the cutbacks in Virginia’s . . .