Sitrin Timeline
1951
Sitrin opens a six-bed residence for the elderly.
1972
Sitrin expands to a 111-bed facility.
1974
Sitrin offers the region's first medically affiliated Adult Day Health Care program.
1991
Sitrin adds residential housing for medically complex individuals with intellectual disabilities.
1992
Sitrin expands to a 173-bed residential health care facility.
1995
Sitrin Child Care Center opens, serving 24 children.
1997
Sitrin opens the most comprehensive medical rehabilitation center in the region, and establishes the first licensed Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF) in the tri-county area of Central New York.
2000
Sitrin opens a dental clinic located in its Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility.
2001
Sitrin implements the STARS (Success Through Adaptive Recreation and Sports) program, offering individuals with disabilities the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of sports.
2003
Sitrin builds a new Child Care Center to accommodate 64 children.
2006
Sitrin acquires the former Camp Pioneer located on Graffenburg Road in Frankfort (142 acres). The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc., awarded Sitrin $80,000 to aid in renovations to the property. This grant, from The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc., was made possible by generous donors since 1952.
2009
Sitrin restructures its long-term care program by rightsizing a portion of its beds to assisted living (ALP) services. Sitrin opens the Cedarbrook Enriched Housing and Assisted Living Complex with 44 one- and two-bedroom apartments. This transition resulted in more than $1.2 million annual savings to the Federal/State Medicare/Medicaid programs.
2009
Sitrin implements a new model of long-term care not widely offered in New York State. Its traditional institutional setting is replaced with nine Cape Cod-style houses for residents. Sitrin also opens the Cedarbrook Enriched Housing and Assisted Living Complex with 44 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
2010
Sitrin renovates its inpatient medical rehabilitation unit and expands to 46 private patient rooms.
2011
Sitrin launches a Military Program for veterans and injured service members. Post-9/11 veterans who choose to be treated at Sitrin pay nothing for their care.
2011
Sitrin opens two additional offsite residences for medically complex individuals with intellectual disabilities.
2016
Sitrin opens Sitrin NeuroCare, the first and only long-term care program of its kind for individuals with Huntington's Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
