Watertown,
New York ----- Thomas H. Carman, President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Walton, Chairman of the Board of
Trustees
for Samaritan Keep Home, are pleased to announce the appointment of
Richard A.
Brooks as Administrator for Samaritan Keep Home. Mr. Brooks has been
serving as
interim administrator since October 12, 2005.
“We
are extremely pleased that Mr. Brooks has accepted this
position at Samaritan Keep Home,” stated Thomas H. Carman,
President and CEO of
Samaritan Medical Center and Samaritan Keep Home. “He is an
experienced
healthcare administrator, including both long-term care and hospital
operations. Additionally, he possesses the knowledge of and commitment
to
Samaritan and to the community, both of which are critical to his
role."
Mr.
Brooks served as Samaritan Keep Home Administrator from
1996-1998. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Support
Services and
Community Development, which included his responsibilities as Executive
Director of the Samaritan Foundation of Northern New York, Inc.
With the
addition of his responsibilities as Samaritan Keep
Home Administrator, Mr. Brooks now assumes the title of Vice President
of Long
Term Care and Support Services. Though he will remain actively involved
with
the Samaritan Foundation of Northern New York, Mr. Brooks will no
longer serve
as its Executive Director. A search for a new Executive Director will
begin
immediately.
“Though
it is difficult to relinquish my role with the
Foundation, I will remain actively involved with the Foundation Board
and with
our generous supporters. I am looking forward to working with the staff
and
residents at Samaritan Keep Home on a permanent basis, while continuing
to work
with the support services staff at Samaritan Medical Center,”
explains Mr.
Brooks. “This new reporting structure will enable Samaritan
to more fully
integrate services between the two facilities. I also am looking
forward to
completing the Facility Master Plan study in 2006.”
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