Construction is under way on the new Lakeland Continuing Care Center, a 59,747-square-foot facility on an 18-acre wooded parcel in Lincoln Township. Construction of the new $10 million project is expected to take approximately one year.
In a ground breaking ceremony May 18 officials welcomed the new addition to the community. "It’s so refreshing and so enlightening to have this type of interest in our township," says Dick Stauffer, Supervisor, Lincoln Township.
The new skilled-nursing facility will be built in the Arts and Crafts style and located to take advantage of expansive ravine views on the property. Walking paths on the site will be open to residents, visitors and members of the community.
Although the new facility will be nearly 27,000 square feet larger than the current 33,000-square-foot building it will have 111 beds, the same number the current facility has.
The site also includes enough acreage for a dedicated campus for senior care at some point in the future, pending the approval of township or other governing entities.
The new facility is more than just a building, says Loren B. Hamel, MD, President and CEO of Lakeland HealthCare. "It will be a wonderful place for healing relationships, a place where we can take care of our friends and neighbors, a place where we can really honor those who are some of the most venerable within our community."
Writer: Kathy Jennings, Second Wave Media
Source: Laura Bailey, Lakeland HealthCare
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Artist’s rendering of new Lakeland Continuing Care Center
Ground breaking ceremony participants, from left, were: Deanna Mitchell, Aging Services of Michigan; Dennis Mack, Vice President for Operations and Facility; Development, Lakeland HealthCare; Keith VanOosterhout, MD, Medical Director of Lakeland Continuing Care Centers; Rick Postema, Architect, Richard Postema and Associates; Daniel Bacchiocchi, Manager, Construction and Property Management, Lakeland HealthCare; Michael Kastner, Director, Building Services, Construction, and Building Management, Lakeland HealthCare; Daniel Hopp, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lakeland HealthCare; Loren B. Hamel, MD, President & CEO, Lakeland HealthCare; Jim Schlaman, Executive Director of Post-Acute Services, Lakeland HealthCare; Annette Davison, Certified Nursing Assistant, Lakeland Continuing Care Center, St. Joseph; Dick Stauffer, Supervisor, Lincoln Township; Patrick McQuone, Administrator, Lakeland Continuing Care Center, St. Joseph.
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