Contributed by Julia Freeman
Megan Barbour, Health Services Administrator and Director of Operations, and Peter Fielding, a resident member of the Collington Board, gave an overview of the current status of the planned repositioning of the Creighton Center and Wellness Center at a general meeting August 19. They head the Health Service Alliance, a planning group created by the Board’s Strategic Planning Committee that is leading the implementation of one key pillar of the Collington Strategic Plan – Health and Wellness. The presentations focused on the Creighton Center.
CEO Ann Gillespie opened the presentation by reading the Collington mission and vision statements. She also noted she breaks down strategic planning into four stages — and in her view, work on the Collington Strategic Plan is between Stage 2 and 3; however, the work of the Health Service Alliance, also at this stage, is moving toward later implementation stages win a few months.
Peter highlighted the input the Health Service Alliance has sought – from architects, expert in industry trends, market analysis, and features desired by residents. He emphasized that residents will continue to have a role as plans are further developed.
Megan highlighted some of the key architectural and functional goals for the revised space. The current Creighton Center space will be reconfigured to accommodate expanded capacity for assisted living, especially in the Potomac (moderate support assisted living) and Brandywine (light assisted living) neighborhoods. The Arbor (memory support) neighborhood will be downsized by a third. Skilled nursing beds will be reduced. Megan noted that there is less demand and reduced Medicare funding for skilled nursing both locally and nationally.
Justin Reeves, CFO, reviewed the finances needed to accomplish the repositioning. The current estimate for both construction and soft costs is $25 million. He also noted that the Health and Wellness projects were just one component of an overall master plan for Collington. Multiple funding sources will be needed.
This program was recorded and can be found under Collington Publications: Recorded Auditorium Events. The slides may be found under Collington Publications: Community Meeting Presentations. Another discussion session of the materials presented will be held in the near future. Watch the Courier!