The nonprofit Centre Care has launched a final $2 million fundraising push for its new $45-million skilled nursing community set to open next year in College Township, Pa. An article at StateCollege.com details plans for 240-bed facility, designed to replace the 80-year-old Centre Crest in Bellefonte, Pa.
Reporter Geoff Rushton writes that Centre Care received a $34 million direct loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the project and is providing $5.3 million in its own funds. Rushton adds: “The new 135,645-square-foot facility will offer traditional long-term care along with three specialty care ‘neighborhoods’ that are in high demand: a high acuity neighborhood for patients with complex medical conditions; a memory care neighborhood; and a short-term rehabilitation neighborhood.”
The number of private rooms will increase from four to 66 and bedroom sizes will increase by about 100 square feet. The new facility, a central building flanked by two wings, “also will offer enhanced food service and greater personalized care,” according to Centre Care.
