A new addition for the 42-year-old Chosen Valley Care Center (CVCC), Chatfield, Minn., is underway. The Fillmore County Journal reports that the $10.2 million project has three goals: 1) to address needed upgrades to the facilities plant and infrastructure; 2) to create a more efficient work environment for all staff; and 3) to enhance the living experience of the residents.
Reporter Mary Allen writes: “The amount of single and private rooms will be increased substantially as more residents are wanting their own living spaces. When complete, the skilled nursing facility will have 44 private rooms with private bathrooms, 24 single rooms with shared bathrooms, and five split-double rooms. Split-doubles have two residents who share a room and a bathroom. This compares to the current configuration of four private rooms, 12 single rooms, six split-doubles and 20 double rooms.”
Allen adds that a new wing will be built during Phase One connecting the current D wing to the E200 area, forming a triangle- shaped footprint. The new wing will have 31 private rooms with private bathrooms. “A major goal for the project has been to eliminate the dense use of four residents sharing a bathroom,” Allen writes. “When completed, the facility will have no more than two residents sharing any bathroom. Currently there are 78 beds and that will be the same after construction.”
