County Could Sell Parkhouse Nursing Home

The Upper Providence facility has lost more than $5 million over the past three years.

The Parkhouse senior nursing facility in Upper Providence Township could be sold, leased, or placed under private management as Montgomery County seeks to reduce its financial responsibility for the unprofitable facility. The Parkhouse, which can accommodate up to 467 elderly patients, and its two affiliated facilities, which provide rehabilitation and assisted living services, have lost more than $5 million during the last three years. A request for information (RFI) issued by the county last week seeks proposals from private entities, either for-profit or non-profit, interested in taking over the three facilities' operations. The county is willing to sell part or all of the 288-acre Parkhouse campus, which dates to 1808 and only about 10…

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