EXPANSION WILL BEGIN AT HOSPITAL; NURSING FACILITY TO BE BUILT.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Work will begin this month on Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital's $10.7 million, 99-bed facility for long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. skilled-nursing care. In the hospital's first expansion in nine years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time single-story nursing facility will be built around a two-story atrium atrium (ā`trēəm), term for an interior court in Roman domestic architecture and also for a type of entrance court in early Christian churches. The Roman atrium was an unroofed or partially roofed area with rooms opening from it. , spokesman Gary Cothran said. The vacant expansion site, immediately south of the hospital, was acquired in the 1970s, he said. Hospital officials expect grading to start this month and construction to be completed by mid-1998. The contract for the actual construction has not yet been awarded, Cothran said. A $2.1 million support-services complex will be built along with the nursing facility. The complex will house the hospital's business office, other administrative offices, home health agency and a 150-seat auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. for board meetings and community education. The hospital now leases rooms off its campus for its business office and home health agency. The hospital's last expansion came with completion of its five-story medical tower in 1988. Because of low patient numbers, the fifth floor of the tower remained unused for almost two years in the early 1990s, Cothran said. The number of patients has risen again, he said, along with improvements in the economy. He said many people lost jobs and health insurance during the recession and put off elective surgery elective surgery Surgery Any operation that can be performed with advanced planning–eg, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, colonic resection, coronary artery bypass . The hospital also has been aggressive in getting health maintenance organizations and health insurance companies to designate des·ig·nate tr.v. des·ig·nat·ed, des·ig·nat·ing, des·ig·nates 1. To indicate or specify; point out. 2. To give a name or title to; characterize. 3. it as a preferred provider of care for their patients, he said. The nursing facility is intended as the first phase of a complex for senior citizens. Later phases could include an assisted-living facility, a center for independent living and a center for day care of older citizens. Hospital officials say their plans fit in with the demands of HMOs and insurance companies for lower-cost options for patients who don't need full hospital treatment. |
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