A renovated facility is now in harmony with its surroundings, offering residents tranquility and motivation during their rehabilitation.
Bottom to top upgrade
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 01, 2013
Flooded by Hurricane Sandy, a 10-story Brooklyn facility renovated from basement to rooftop, improving its look and storm-proofing.
Putting first things first
By
McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
A recipe for a complicated nursing home renovation: Take one facility that hasn’t been updated in 45 years, add a strict budget and keep residents on site throughout the project. Columbia Health...
One sweet ‘Onion’
By
John Andrews
Dec 02, 2012
With open but secure spaces designed to heighten the senses, a new senior care community promotes dignity in memory care.
True neighborhood model
By
Mary Gustafson
Sep 01, 2012
A new Touchstone community in Texas offers state-of-the-art care that focuses on dignity, choice to bring residents together
Built to weather the storm
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 05, 2012
When a skilled nursing facility more than doubles in size — but adds only 20 beds — and switches to a brand new model of care, one could reasonably expect some growing pains.
Future and past in the plan
By
Mary Gustafson
May 02, 2011
The Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nursing Home honors residents by respecting and promoting their past, and protecting their future.
Built from the ground up
By
Mary Gustafson
Dec 01, 2010
It’s hard to miss the enormous V-shaped, 18-floor high-rise northeast of Cincinnati’s downtown area. And that’s just how the owners and construction engineers of the upscale Stratford...
A new kind of rest home: relaxing in the dementia ward
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2010
A new dementia unit at a CCRC in Massachusetts has helped residents feel more relaxed and at home in their surroundings
Bridging past to present: Evanston Illinois’ historic district welcomes a new addition
By
Brett Bakshis
Dec 01, 2009
An established senior living provider opens a modern building with classic touches in a historical neighborhood in suburban Chicago