A Look Inside The New Construction
Work started last July with earthwork for the new nursing home in Stanley and work has continued at a good pace. The construction has been easy to follow as concrete was poured and walls started going up.
Now the building is enclosed and the windows and doors have been cut in, giving those driving by more of a sense of how the new building will look. With work moving to the inside, it is harder to get a sense of the work being completed.
The interior is starting to take shape with the steel framing going up for all of the rooms, hallways and office spaces. The plans now call for the nursing home construction to be complete approximately one year from now with the residents able to move into this beautiful new space that will provide not only new nursing home beds/rooms, but also new family gathering spaces and more.
This first phase of the construction is a new 36 bed nursing home, including ten basic care rooms, the same number of beds as the current nursing home. This Nursing Home phase is expected to take roughly two years and once completed will come up to where the current north wing is located.
On the hospital side, renovations will start with a new entrance near the existing sunroom at Mountrail Bethel Home (MBH). There will be a gift shop and a new waiting room. Construction down the current south wing of the nursing home will include adding an out-patient infusion suite, pharmacy suite and an MRI suite.
Purchasing will be moving from the basement to the upper level. The downstairs area will be renovated to accommodate a new specialty clinic that will allow the facility to bring in more specialists. It will also include a minor procedure room.
The ambulance bay by the emergency room will be extended to accommodate the larger sizes of the newer ambulances. Work on that phase is expected to start in mid-April. Watch next week’s paper for how this work will change how patients and ambulance personnel access to the emergency room.
They will also be adding seven new apartments to Rosen Place. The assisted living facility currently has a waiting list of 31, showing the need for the new apartments. These will all be single apartments based on the footprint space available. These apartments will be located along the rest of the current south wing of the nursing home. The Rosen Place addition is the final part of construction.