By Bryn Hadubiak

PHOTOS: New Pineview care home ready for residents to move in

Jun 12, 2014 | 6:27 PM

Residents are getting ready to move into the new Pineview Terrace long-term care home south of Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert starting Monday.

The new facility replaces the 50-year-old Pineview Terrace Lodge, which was originally built for what used to be termed “Level 1 and Level 2” residents – people who have some health care issues, but mostly have their mobility, said Doug Dahl, with the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR).

It wasn’t able to keep up with current needs, he said.

“The rooms are smaller, the doors are smaller, there’s shared bathroom space,” Dahl explained.

The new building not only meets modern building codes, but improves on these problems and more, he said.

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“It’s a little bit better space, it’s larger rooms – we have the ability to have ceiling lifts, which is a safety concern for both the residents as well as the staff.

“It’s also built in a different design structure. If you look at the five houses, it’s trying to look much more like a house would look rather than a health care facility.”

The overall cost of the new facility was $22.8 million, with 80 per cent covered by the Government of Saskatchewan. The other 20 per cent came from local municipalities, with a fundraising drive that raised $1.1 million to provide new equipment and furniture.

Each of the five houses is named after a group, organization or people who donated more than $50,000 to build the facility. The houses have 12 units each – adding 26 more beds than the old Pineview Terrace.

Residents can bring personal belongings with them, and each unit has a “memory box,” a glass case outside the room they can personalize with photos and other items.

The increase in people also comes with an increase of $1.5 million in operational costs for hiring new staff.

“We know it will be really different because people were really attached to Pineview; there’s been people who’ve been in that facility for a long time, and it’s become their home,” said Dahl.

Thirty residents will be moved from the old Pineview Terrace over a three-day period. Residents from other long-term care facilities and Victoria Hospital will move in over the next few weeks.

“We know it’s going to be a really big adjustment starting next week, but we think once people are here they’ll really enjoy it, and it’ll be as good a home as the old Pineview’s been.”

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