Health Care
Finger Lakes Health provides quality health care on many levels to residents of all ages.
Finger Lakes Health is based in Geneva, serving residents of Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates Counties.
With over 1,600 employees, the health system is one of the region’s largest employers.
The premier facility in the health system is Geneva General Hospital, founded in 1898.
The hospital has a medical staff of 160, and there are 132 acute-care beds. Services at the hospital include a
full range of diagnostic and treatment services, including acute physical rehab, cardiac rehab, chemical dependency treatment,
diagnostic imaging, emergency medicine, general surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, intensive care, obstetrics,
occupational medicine, orthopedic surgery, renal dialysis and rehab services, among others.
The hospital campus is also home to the Garnsey Rehabilitation Center (for occupational, physical, and speech therapy),
the Kidney Dialysis Center, the Detoxification Center, the Geneva General Child Care Center, the Adult Day Center
(for the elderly), the Geneva Regional Health Foundation, the Marion S. Whelan School of Practical Nursing,
and the Community Health Resource Center (provides health-related information to the public).
In addition, the Geneva Family Health Center is located in downtown Geneva, and the Taylor Brown Health Center is located in
Waterloo.
Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service specializes in bringing quality health care to patients’ homes.
Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service is based in Geneva, serving both Ontario and Wayne Counties.
The organization provides family-centered, comprehensive home health care under the supervision of a private physician.
Services are available to people of all ages and include: nursing services for acute and chronic illnesses and injuries,
including IV drug therapy; home health aides to help with personal care; hospice terminal care; physical, occupational,
and speech therapies following accidents, stroke, or in the case of chronic illness; ostomy care for a temporary or permanent
ostomy and specialized wound care; nutrition for patients requiring special diets or total feeding; medical social work to help
patients cope with the impact of their illnesses; a MOMS obstetrical program; an incontinence program; a maternal-child program;
and a volunteer program.