Lifenet company to close
EAU CLAIRE--An estimated 120 employees will lose their jobs when an Eau Claire company closes, according to filings with the state Department of Workforce Development.
Lifenet and Lifenet Supportive Services are permanently closing their location at 1280 W. Clairemont Ave. by March 26.
Jeffrey Fresia is president of Lifenet, which provides in-home care for the aging population, individuals with physical and developmental disabilities, and those with mental illness, according to the company’s website.
Lifenet added satellite offices in Schofield and Medford in 2010, according to the website. The fate of the branches was unknown at press time.
Jan 25, 2013 at 12:45 p.m.
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oldvet this is a REPUKE issue as they are the ones like you who have no compassion for the sick, elderly or children please get head out of sand. Those you stand with have done absolutely nothing for the vets and maybe you need to change your name as IMO you are a disgrace to the VETS,
Jan 24, 2013 at 4:44 p.m.
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wow govenor walker there goes more jobs out of wisconsin, what happened to all the jobs you said you would bring to wisconsin.
Jan 24, 2013 at 1:41 p.m.
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brwe, Medicare does not cover long-term care, which is the market that this company served. You can't just argue by proximity ("hey, this murder happened on your block, IT IS THUS VERY LIKELY YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE").
http://www.medicare.gov/longtermcare/sta...
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The state Family Care privatization of long-term care supportive services, which is exactly the market this company occupies, may be to blame, but it's also a sector with a lot of competition and big reliance on broad contracts. In particular rural in-home care is expensive and it may be that transportation costs or staff turnover are to blame. In any case the same number of jobs will likely be "created" by any successor contractor. This is a sector where demand is relatively stable -- you don't suddenly have a need for 200 nursing assistants this year going to 400 the next. It's just a matter of which company is providing those jobs. Ultimately the number of patients is the determining factor.
Jan 24, 2013 at 12:49 p.m.
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Not Obamacare, but rather family care that has likely caused this business to close. Family care is a joke and it's unsustainable.
Jan 24, 2013 at 11:52 a.m.
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That must be some great tasting Kool-aid you guys are drinking. Our commander-in-chief has helped create what friends & foes alike agree is the most radical alteration of the medical community in decades. Here, we've got a member of that community going out of business & the "Obamaphiles" can't scream fast enough or loud enough, "ABSOLUTELY NO POSSIBLE CONNECTION WHATSOEVER--NO WAY,NOHOW"!!
Jan 24, 2013 at 10:11 a.m.
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another 250000 jobs that scott walker will create unemployment should be down below 4 per cent keep up the good work scotty
Jan 24, 2013 at 9:52 a.m.
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Thanks for the second morning laugh, garyprimer. I owe thanks to oldvet for the first one.
Jan 24, 2013 at 9:46 a.m.
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Siren activity out of Fire Station #1 yesterday?
Obamacare!
Jan 24, 2013 at 9:16 a.m.
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It's been a while since I've seen such a "who gives a rip" story. How bout telling us why there was so much siren activity out of Fire Station #1 yesterday???
Jan 24, 2013 at 8:05 a.m.
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Another casualty of "o'balmy care"?
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