June 4, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 23 Senator O’Toole pays visit to health care facility New Jersey State Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-40) recently visited Christian Health Care Center and toured several of the cen- ter’s facilities. Senator O’Toole is a member of the Senate Budget Committee. The New Jersey One of the facilities Senator O’Toole visited at Christian Health Care Center was The Longview Assisted Living Residence. Pictured, from left, are Denise Ratcliffe, LNHA, CHCC executive vice president/COO; Douglas A. Struyk, CPA, LNHA, CHCC president and CEO; Longview resident Jean Lizza; Senator Kevin O’Toole; Longview resident Marie Peer; and Pamela Rooney, CALA, CTRS, ADC, Longview administrator. Legislature is currently considering Gov- ernor Chris Christie’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. CHCC, and other health care providers throughout the state, are asking the Legislature to increase funding for nursing facilities, special care nursing facilities, and assisted-living residences. O’Toole came to CHCC to learn more about the care delivered in these types of facilities. CHCC has all three types of these facilities on its campus: Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Southgate behavior-man- agement unit, and The Longview Assisted Living Residence. Ultimately, the Senate Budget Committee will send a budget rec- ommendation for vote by the entire New Jersey Senate. Then it will be sent to the governor. “We were very pleased to welcome Senator O’Toole to Christian Health Care Center, and I much appreciate his interest in learning more about the care we provide here, and how distinctly unique each pro- gram is,” said Douglas A. Struyk, CPA, LNHA, CHCC president and CEO. “He spent a good deal of time touring our pro- grams and enjoyed meeting some of our residents.” CHCC provides a broad continuum of high-quality care, including superior mental-health, elder care, residential living, and rehabilitation services. As a non-profit organization, CHCC delivers care to the community based upon the Christian prin- ciples on which CHCC was founded more than a century ago. For more information, visit Christian- HealthCare.org.