A health care administration specializing in nursing home and hospital operations, Larry Slatky was initially retained in 2001 to provide administrative consultation to the Vice-President of Long Term Care Operations. He reviewed and evaluated staffing patterns, taught regulatory compliance, participated with the Certificate of Need process and architectural planning, conducted surveillance surveys throughout the facility and created a more efficient operation and that was financially beneficial to the budget.
In 2003, he was named Senior Vice President for the Nassau Health Care Corporation where he organized the day to day operation for A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, the nursing home that is part of the NHCC health system. He maintained compliant NYSDOH and Joint Commission surveys improved operational efficiencies creating a management run facility and created structure of commitment and quality to assure quality of life and care for the resident population, families and staff of A. Holly Patterson.
From 1986 until 2005, he served as administrator and owner of the Waterview Nursing Care Center in Flushing, New York where through the receivership process of New York State, he took over this 200 bed RHCF in 1986 and took a failing long-term care facility and upgraded every aspect of care and operation to one of the city’s best facilities. He maintained the facility virtually deficiency free and he specialized in the care of young LTC residents with MS, ALS, MD, Head Trauma and Accident Victims.
As administrator for the Hillside Manor Health Related facility, Jamaica Estates, New York from 1984 until 1986, Mr. Slatky supervised the activities of over 300 staff and professionals and directed all day-to-day operations.
Mr. Slatky completed his education at the New York Institute of Technology in New York, Columbia University and completed the 100-hour course in the Administration of Nursing Homes and Extended Care Facilities in 1971. He obtained his Nursing Home Administrator’s License from both the New York State Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Health in 1971 and 1972 respectively.
A member of numerous geriatric organizations, Mr. Slatky also serves as the National Chairman for the American College of Health Care Administrators. He has received numerous awards resulting from his involvement in the American College of Health Care Administrators, Epilepsy Foundation, Boy Scouts and 1 in 9: the Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition where he serves as treasurer.