“Health care is very complex today, and it really is a combination of various partners providing that care, from the hospital to the post-acute to transportation to mental health services to home care,” said Jeff Thurman, president and chief executive officer of Community First Solutions. “We’re all working collectively together. This building is very much an addition to that continuum of partnerships of health care.”
A Wednesday evening dedication and tour of Jamestowne highlighted the facility’s five-star accommodations, which include 42 modern, private suites, dining on demand from a chef-driven kitchen, wireless Internet, a café, fireside lounges, spa services and an on-site hospitality manager and service excellence ambassador.
A 5,000 square-foot therapy gym is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and aims to help residents speed their recovery for a fast return home via physical, speech and occupational therapy.
A Hydroworx therapy pool that cost $250,000 features an underwater treadmill, camera technology to deliver instant data, a hydro massage jet with more than 200 speeds for deep-tissue massage, resistance exercise and the ability to swim in place. Its adjustable floor transitions into low-impact or no-impact therapy following surgeries or injuries.
Other amenities include a climate-controlled transportation ambulance entrance and an outdoor walking path.
The rising tide of baby boomers means the health care industry is changing rapidly and more people want to age in place at home, according to Kelley Lawrence, vice president of health services for Community First Solutions.
“This will give people top-of-the-line therapy to get back home to their loved ones,” she said. “We continue to listen to the needs and wants of our boomers. We feel like it’s really a need for the community and it’s not the traditional nursing home that so many fear going to and wait sometimes too long to get surgeries and procedures because of that.”
The facility is expected to open sometime next month, Thurman said.
Community First Solutions, which has grown to be one of Hamilton’s largest private employers of approximately 700 workers, provides of health care, behavioral health, pharmacy, retirement lifestyle and community services. It already offers rehabilitation and therapy services for a growing population of 50- to 70-year-olds at its Berkeley Square and Westover senior living communities.
“It’s not only this building we’re excited about,” Thurman said. “This building gave us the ability to take many beds at Westover and Berkley and make them private rooms.”
Renovations of those facilities are scheduled to start as soon as residents are moved to Jamestowne and are expected to be completed by the spring, Thurman said.
Hamilton Mayor Patrick Moeller said the Jamestown facility is a large, much-appreciated investment by Community First and “a game-changer on the West Side of Hamilton on Main Street.”
“What’s really super-important is the customer service, the health care that individuals are going to be getting in this facility,” he said. “Health care is so important in this day and age and this is premium health care from the rooms to the area where the ambulances bring people in to the clinical staff.”
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