History 
University Hospitals Extended Care Campus (formerly known as Heather Hill) was founded in 1939 by a Cleveland social worker, Mabel Woodruff. The original 156-acre estate included 60 acres of timber, five natural springs, several homes, a carriage house, granary and barn. The four wooden buildings on the Extended Care Campus campus are all part of the original estate. Today, these buildings include the Christopher House for overnight visitors, an administrative office building, an education training center and a private residence.
Over the years, the Extended Care Campus has expanded to meet the needs of Greater Cleveland's frail elderly and disabled. Today the Extended Care Campus is one of the largest employers in Geauga County, Ohio, with more than 500 employees. The Extended Care Campus's bed capacity stands at 239.
The Extended Care Campus's multi-level system of services includes the Specialty Hospital (LTACH), Short-Term Rehabilitation, Extended Care, the Corinne Dolan Center for Memory and Aging, The Liberty (Assisted Living), and Outpatient Rehabilitation and Aquatic Center. The facility is non-profit and non-sectarian and operated by a board of trustees.
The Extended Care Campus is recognized throughout the world for its state-of-the-art Alzheimer services. The Corinne Dolan Center for Memory and Aging serves persons in the early and middle stages of this devastating illness through respite care, short-term overnight care and residential services. It was designed by architect Stephen Nemtin of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to maximize independence and promote a high quality of life. It has drawn more than 8,000 visitors from around the world since its opening in 1989.
A Special Care Center for persons in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias opened on the Extended Care Campus campus in 1993. It provides around-the-clock medical care and specialized programming that builds upon each individual's unique abilities.
The Extended Care Campus's rehabilitation programming serves adults and adolescents recovering from head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, orthopedic surgery, neuromuscular disease and other major illnesses.
The Specialty Hospital serves the medically complex patient who would otherwise remain in the acute care setting. Short-term rehabilitation care provides outcome oriented medical and rehabilitative care for persons who are too frail to return home following acute hospitalization but whose condition no longer warrants the resources of an acute hospital. Programs may be continued or initiated on an outpatient basis.
The Extended Care Campus serves as a teaching facility and recently opened an on-campus residence for student interns. The facility maintains working relationships with teaching hospitals and universities in the United States and Great Britain.
