Health Care

Little Falls Hospital
Little Falls Hospital, a proud partner of Bassett Healthcare, is Herkimer County's sole provider of acute inpatient and 24 hour emergency care. It is a not-for-profit, licensed, 25-bed, Critical Access Hospital with a 34-bed nursing home. Little Falls Hospital is located in southern Herkimer County, and also offers a swing bed program, outpatient specialty clinics, rehabilitation, and laboratory, imaging and emergency services.

As a partner of the Bassett Healthcare System, many of the specialty physicians currently seeing patients at Little Falls Hospital are on the Bassett staff including those covering the specialties of cardiology, ENT (ear, nose and throat), orthopedics, and Radiology. The Emergency Room is staffed 24-7 with board certified physicians. The hospital also operates three primary care centers located in Dolgeville, Newport and St. Johnsville.

In addition to enhancing the health and well-being of the communities it serves, Little Falls Hospital contributes significantly to the area's economic health with a payroll of over $27 million and an estimated total annual economic impact of over $47 million.

For further information on Little Falls Hospital, call (315) 823-5326 or visit their website at www.lfhny.org.

Valley Health Services
'A very special place" - Valley Health Services is a 160 bed residential Health Care Facility. Valley Health Services opened in 1984 with only 32 beds. The facility is located on the premises of the former Herkimer Memorial Hospital.

A clinically skilled facility, offering IV therapies and specialized wound and skin therapies, Valley Health Services also has an outpatient Physical Therapy Department on its premises, open to the public. Often times, residents are admitted to the nursing facility for Short Term Rehabilitation, enabling them to return to the home after a short term stay.

Of particular interest is the Adult Day Care services provided Monday-Friday from 8am to 4pm. A registered nurse directly supervises the individualized care, which includes bathing and meals, as well as a host of recreational and social activities. Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies are also offered to the Adult Day Care registrants, enabling them to maintain their living independence.

Valley Health Services employs 260 full and part time positions at the facility.

Bassett Healthcare
Bassett Healthcare is a rural health care network of primary and specialty care providers dedicated to excellence in patient care, education and research. Bassett's network extends throughout a ten-county region, with its providers practicing at 3 hospitals and 20 community health centers. As a regional referral center, nearly all medical and surgical specialties are offered at Bassett healthcare.