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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all (as the current co-chair of TWH Family Council, my mother now lives there; my father passed away there), there are soooo many inaccuracies and half truths in many of these replies. First of all, don't confuse TWH with the residents.  Those are separate and distinct groups with separate and distinct, very distinct agendas.  Nor is the notion that Sidwell sends some great font of students to TWH to volunteer accurate, nor has it been in the almost decade my mother has lived there.  The fact of the matter is, the property sold under market value because both Sidwell AND TWH entered into a confidentiality agreement that ensured that none of the potential alternatives for resident relocation could be explored. What might they be?  Dual use facility with someone else running it.  It's 6 acres after all.  Incentivizing payment by setting funds aside to make sure that they could get placed in comparable facilities with private rooms in locations near their loved ones.  More time.  And that's to name but a few. Sidwell doesn't have to go into the business of nursing home care to have made it's choices more ethical.  Both TWH and Sidwell just need to adjust their moral compass.[/quote]

I understand your position but your dispute is with the management and board of TWH.  Perhaps they did not share with families the distressed financial condition of the Home, although the Washington Post reported that there were rumors among TWH families and staff at least a year ago that the Home was for sale.  However, you may remember the case of the Northwest Nursing Home on Wisconsin Ave which was sold to a developer several years ago.  The developer did not need zoning approval to turn it into young professional apartments, and forced out the nursing home residents very quickly.  A different profit-minded purchaser could have put TWH and their families in a far worse position than the timeframes provided in the Sidwell contract.[/quote]

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