"... with affordability and dignity for all".As the cost and complexity of extending our lives grow, we can be thankful that healing and housing options will be available for us all. While skilled nursing facilities skilled nursing facility n. Abbr. SNF An establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services. continue to refine and reinvent themselves, and our operational/clinical practices seek their equilibrium between providing a "resident-centered" focus and maintaining staff efficiencies, today's skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers are starting to see discharges outnumber admissions. That is a reason to celebrate and recognize providers who offer a better social model than in the past--with a good balance of caring staff and dignity for residents--without breaking the bank. So as we moderate our thinking to realize our facilities do not need to be accepted as "home" to everyone, but often just received as a "swing space" for many in this moment of their lives--no matter the health outcome--we open ourselves up to more novel layouts and design models, whether "residential," hospitality-like, spa environments, or in traditional or contemporary looks; we just need to give people their space. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tendercare, Inc., is one of the first partners in Michigan's Facility Innovative Design Supplemental (FIDS FIDS Flight Information Display System FIDS Feathered Kids FIDS Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (now the British Antarctic Survey) FIDS Forest Insect and Disease Survey FIDS Forest Interior Dwelling Species ) Program with the design of its four newest midsize, state-of-the-art "health centers" that focus on creating environments where residents will be assured of excellent healthcare services, while thriving physically and mentally. In compliance with the program, the owner must accept any residents under Medicare, Medicaid, or private pay. At a very modest construction cost, Tendercare achieved a prescribed level of privacy in offering 82.5% private rooms and 17.5% semiprivate sem·i·pri·vate adj. Shared with usually one to three other hospital patients: a semiprivate room. Adj. 1. within the 80-bed facility. Configured in pods of no more than 21 beds, rooms are introduced by "concierge"-like control desks, with generous day space, short travel to one of two 40-seat dining rooms, access to courtyards, and connection to common areas of the facility. Additionally, Tendercare was to follow an edict A decree or law of major import promulgated by a king, queen, or other sovereign of a government. An edict can be distinguished from a public proclamation in that an edict puts a new statute into effect whereas a public proclamation is no more than a declaration of a law of encouraging personalization of resident space and providing all rooms barrier free, with new minimum size standards. Following the guidelines, the design incorporates private rooms at 177 net square feet (248 square feet including adjoining toilets) and semiprivate at 172 net square feet per bed (encompassing 448 square feet, including adjoining toilet). With a state-of-the-art healthcare and mechanical infrastructure incorporated, the facility has substantial mechanical capacity backed up by emergency generators. The entire facility is heated by hydronic hy·dron·ic adj. Of or relating to a heating or cooling system that transfers heat by circulating a fluid through a closed system of pipes. [hydr(o)- + -onic (as in electronic).] radiant floor heat. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Both interior and exterior windows exceed the state code minimum size and offer good views and observation points for staff throughout. Striving for a hospitality look, the interior and exterior incorporate stone and wood siding, ceramic tile, and wood-grain pattern flooring. The core area features a grand lobby and destination spaces, including physical therapy, a barber/beauty shop, a library, dining rooms, and an interfaith chapel. Other amenities include private dining rooms, guest suites for visitors, massage therapy Massage Therapy Definition Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues and consists of manual techniques that include applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, and/or , wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and an outdoor playground for grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. . "Features like this add a new dimension of quality and care not seen before in the traditional long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. arena," says Timothy Lukenda, Tendercare's president/COO. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RELATED ARTICLE: Tendercare Health and Rehabilitation Center WYOMING, MICHIGAN Wyoming is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 69,368. The first permanent white settlers arrived in the area in 1832, making it one of the first-settled areas of the county, and indeed the whole PROJECT SUMMARY Type of Facility/Setting: Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Owner: Tendercare (Michigan) Inc., (906) 635-0020 Chief Administrator: Timothy Lukenda, President/COO Architecture and Interiors: Richard Postema Associates, (616) 531-3850 Photography: Richard Postema Associates Resident Capacity: 80 Skilled Beds Total Project Area (sq. ft.): 47,360 Construction Cost: $4,700,000 Total Project Cost: $7,000,000 Construction Cost/Sq. Ft.: $99 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BY ROBERT VOLZER, CID Cid or Cid Campeador (sĭd, Span. thēth kämpāäthōr`) [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. IIDA IIDA International Interior Design Association IIDA Integrated Icing Diagnostic Algorithm IIDA Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Dressage Association , INTERIOR DESIGN DIRECTOR, AESTHETIDS, INC. |
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