The state Department of Social Services has approved the closing of the 90-bed Griswold Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
The ruling cites economic conditions and the cost of renovations necessary to upgrade the facility. There are about 30 patients remaining and the state has given Pennsylvania-based Genesis Healthcare permission to begin relocating them.
The company says the center needs an estimated $4.9 million in repair work, including a new roof, sprinkler system and generator.
Griswold First Selectman Philip Anthony is critical of the shut down, saying the state has dropped the ball in this case. His mother lives at the facility. (AP)
