On Monday, residents, families and caregivers at the Casey’s Pond Senior Living Community were informed that those receiving skilled nursing in the Doak Walker Neighborhood will have 90 days to find a new home.

“I’m going have to start searching to see if I can get (my mom) into skilled nursing somewhere in the Front Range,” said Beth Abaye, whose mother is one of the residents that will need to find a new home. “It’s very disheartening for sure.”

In a news release that came out late Monday afternoon, Cordes & Company announced it had given notice to residents in the Doak Walker Neighborhood, which cares for people that need skilled nursing, at Casey’s Pond.

The release said this step was inevitable, and with no viable path forward, skilled nursing residents were notified they have three months to find alternative arrangements.

“We understand how difficult this move will be for residents and their families, and we sympathize with their situation,” said Bellann Raile of Cordes & Company, which is managing the process since the facility went into receivership in June. “We will do everything possible to facilitate a smooth transition.”

She added that residents and their families have been advised that they will receive concessions to help offset the challenges related to such a move. These include engaging numerous outside agencies to assist with the move, providing reimbursement for moving costs and returning the refundable eligible residents’ entrance fees, which the company said is highly unusual in continuing care living communities.

The announcement comes after the nonprofit Yampa Valley Community Foundation sent a letter of intent on Friday from a collaboration of community groups including the foundation, the city of Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Yampa Valley Housing Authority and Northwest Colorado Health as well as Christian Living Community, the parent company of Cappella Living Solutions, which manages Casey’s Pond.

“I would love that the community could get together and save this, but what they presented was they wanted us to wait for 12 weeks and maybe they could raise the money, and maybe they couldn’t. There was no nonrefundable money to offset the cost of keeping going forward with that, and I was very concerned for the residents,” Raile said. “If we waited for 12 weeks and they weren’t able to raise the funds, we would be moving people out in the middle of winter.”

Raile said she has a full-time social worker and two part-time employees helping residents who have been given notice. She is also working with state officials to try to help place people and said they are providing a list of available opportunities each week.

Raile said she has also had other facilities reach out wanting to help, but admitted that it is more difficult for residents who are on Medicaid.

“It’s just very, very, very stressful,” Abaye said. “It’s so disheartening and I just don’t understand how this can happen.”