Design center: Boutwells Landing Oak Park Heights, Minnesota.TYPE OF FACILITY/SETTING: CCRC Noun 1. CCRC - an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care Casualty Care Research Center CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR: Mark Moilanen DESIGN FIRM: JSSH JSSH Java Script Shell Architects, Inc. (952) 935-6337 CONSTRUCTION FIRM: Adolfson & Peterson Construction (952) 544-1561 RESIDENT UNITS: 56 Townhouses; 94 Assisted Living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. apartments (including 17 Memory Care); 101 Independent Living apartments (future construction phases include 150 more Townhouses [groundbreaking, spring 2003] and a Skilled Nursing Facility 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. [within two to three years ]) TOTAL AREA: 353,482 sq. ft. CONSTRUCTION COST: $30.3 million COST/SQ. FT.: $59 IL, $69 AL, and $160 Town Center ADMINISTRATOR'S COMMENTS MarkMoilanen, Campus Administrator: "Our campus has been designed to create a sense of community, independence, and self-sufficiency by bringing numerous services under one roof, as well as bringing the greater community to our campus. Our Town Center includes a movie theater, a beauty salon and barbershop, a museum for the historical society, a cafe, a branch of the First Bank of Bayport, a general store, a library, an observatory observatory, scientific facility especially equipped to detect and record naturally occurring scientific phenomena. Although geological and meteorological observatories exist, the term is generally applied to astronomical observatories. with a telescope and viewing platform, a technology center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and two swimming pools. In addition, another organization rents space here to operate an adult day care program, and we arranged for a children's day Children's Day is a holiday in many countries around the world. International Children's Day The International Children's Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year. care center that was already operating in the area to relocate to our campus when we opened, as well. "Besides encouraging independence, we wanted to create an environment of perpetual learning for our residents. To this end, Boutwells Landing has two classrooms where our local school district holds adult-education classes. Our residents and adults from the neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. community take classes together, with a total of 22 classes being offered here this quarter. Our cafe and general store are open to the public, as well, giving community members and residents additional opportunities to interact, and we have two large, technologically up-to-date meeting rooms that area companies and organizations can rent. These rooms have been in high demand. "Because our campus features several dining venues and because our building is so large, it was decided that one main kitchen and three satellite kitchens would be needed. This allows us to provide meals not only for our residents, but also for the adult and child day care programs; for catered luncheons during meetings in the meeting rooms; and for our county's Meals on Wheels n. 1. A program that delivers hot meals to persons, such as the elderly or disabled, who are confined to their homes and unable to cook for themselves; also, the meals thus delivered. Such programs are usually conducted by governmental or charitable organizations. program (3,200 meals prepared monthly). "Also contributing to the continual learning atmosphere is our technology infrastructure: We installed our own T1 line for fast Internet access See how to access the Internet. for residents and staff, our own phone system, and a satellite television system. (The fact that we own the wiring infrastructure keeps costs down for residents.) Because we connected the telescope in the observatory with the satellite system, residents can view stars and constellations Constellations Constellation English name Position R.A. (hours) DEC. (degrees) Andromeda Andromeda (Chained Lady) 1 +43 Antlia Air Pump 10 −33 Apus Bird of Paradise 16 −75 Aquarius1 on TV in the comfort of their own homes. "This campus was built to be comfortable and user friendly, and our barrier-free design enables every resident to get to every corner of the building. The movie theater is just one of many examples of the attention given to resident comfort: Residents love going there and say it's the most comfortable theater they've ever been in. "Boutwells Landing is also family friendly. Residents' 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. and great-grandchildren can't wait to come to swim with them in one of the pools, and on weekends we show children's movies in the theater. The 120-acre campus also features ponds, a park, and many walking trails. "The living quarters here, including the assisted living apartments, are spacious (720 to 2,081 sq. ft.). We encourage residents to move in with their own furniture, because in doing so they're creating a home for themselves. Although assisted living includes a meal plan, all assisted living apartments have kitchenettes, which also contributes to the sense of home. That's what we want for our residents--to make a home here, not move into an institution." |
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