December 10, 2012
Southern Health-Santé Sud Proceeding With Architectural Design: Oswald
Planning work for the new Tabor Home seniors facility in Morden, which will have 66 per cent more beds than the current facility, is moving into the design and development phase, Health Minister Theresa Oswald announced today.
“We are committed to seeing the Tabor Home project move forward to meet the needs of a growing number of seniors in the Morden and Winkler area,” said Oswald. “The new Tabor Home will be a modern, state-of-the-art facility and the architectural design work now getting underway will ensure the new facility offers a home-like environment that will meet the needs of seniors of years to come.”
Extensive development work has already been completed to help fine-tune the plans for the new Tabor facility, which will see 100 beds in total, 80 of which will be personal-care home beds and the other 20 created to operate as supportive housing or personal-care home beds depending on the needs of seniors in the community, Oswald said.
Like all health capital initiatives, Manitoba Health reviews projects at key stages to ensure they remain on track to meet provincial health, financial and architectural standards for health facilities to deliver safe, quality care to Manitoba families, the minister noted. This review is complete and the Southern Health–Santé Sud has been authorized to proceed with design and development work that will see the architectural and engineering plans finalized and a tender for construction produced.
“Much of the work to plan and design a new health facility before construction starts isn’t visible to the public, so we wanted to take the time provide an update to families in Morden, Winkler and the surrounding area on the great progress that has been made by the dedicated board and staff at Tabor Home, Southern Health–Santé Sud and Manitoba Health,” said Oswald. “This pre-construction work is essential to ensuring a well-designed facility that meets today's standards for personal-care homes.”
The current 37,130-square-foot facility includes 60 rooms that are a combination of single and double occupancy and shared bathrooms. The planning work to date has helped identify the need for a new facility more than twice the size of the current personal care home, likely including five connected 20-bed wings, the minister said, adding all 100 rooms will be single-occupant rooms. The building is being planned to achieve the energy performance levels consistent with a modern, geothermal serviced building as well as Manitoba Hydro’s Powersmart Program for New Buildings, Oswald said.
“We are very pleased with progress on the new Tabor personal-care home, and we thank the province and the Tabor Home governing board for their leadership and commitment to the project,” said Kathy McPhail, chief executive officer of Southern Health–Santé Sud. “When completed, this new, modern facility will help us provide the best possible care to our deserving seniors, and more effectively meet our region’s growing need for personal-care services.”
“Building a new, expanded Tabor Home is a priority for our board, to ensure we can continue our tradition of providing high-quality care to seniors in our community,” said Wilf Warkentin, chair of the Tabor Home board. “We are excited to see the planning and design works continue so our new personal-care home can open as soon as possible.”
Like with all capital projects, planning work helps to refine the construction timeline, the minister said. Construction is now projected to get underway in spring 2014 and is anticipated to take approximately two years to complete.
PROVINCE ANNOUNCES NEW, 100-BED TABOR HOME SENIORS FACILITY MOVING FORWARD
– – –Southern Health-Santé Sud Proceeding With Architectural Design: Oswald
“We are committed to seeing the Tabor Home project move forward to meet the needs of a growing number of seniors in the Morden and Winkler area,” said Oswald. “The new Tabor Home will be a modern, state-of-the-art facility and the architectural design work now getting underway will ensure the new facility offers a home-like environment that will meet the needs of seniors of years to come.”
Extensive development work has already been completed to help fine-tune the plans for the new Tabor facility, which will see 100 beds in total, 80 of which will be personal-care home beds and the other 20 created to operate as supportive housing or personal-care home beds depending on the needs of seniors in the community, Oswald said.
Like all health capital initiatives, Manitoba Health reviews projects at key stages to ensure they remain on track to meet provincial health, financial and architectural standards for health facilities to deliver safe, quality care to Manitoba families, the minister noted. This review is complete and the Southern Health–Santé Sud has been authorized to proceed with design and development work that will see the architectural and engineering plans finalized and a tender for construction produced.
“Much of the work to plan and design a new health facility before construction starts isn’t visible to the public, so we wanted to take the time provide an update to families in Morden, Winkler and the surrounding area on the great progress that has been made by the dedicated board and staff at Tabor Home, Southern Health–Santé Sud and Manitoba Health,” said Oswald. “This pre-construction work is essential to ensuring a well-designed facility that meets today's standards for personal-care homes.”
The current 37,130-square-foot facility includes 60 rooms that are a combination of single and double occupancy and shared bathrooms. The planning work to date has helped identify the need for a new facility more than twice the size of the current personal care home, likely including five connected 20-bed wings, the minister said, adding all 100 rooms will be single-occupant rooms. The building is being planned to achieve the energy performance levels consistent with a modern, geothermal serviced building as well as Manitoba Hydro’s Powersmart Program for New Buildings, Oswald said.
“We are very pleased with progress on the new Tabor personal-care home, and we thank the province and the Tabor Home governing board for their leadership and commitment to the project,” said Kathy McPhail, chief executive officer of Southern Health–Santé Sud. “When completed, this new, modern facility will help us provide the best possible care to our deserving seniors, and more effectively meet our region’s growing need for personal-care services.”
“Building a new, expanded Tabor Home is a priority for our board, to ensure we can continue our tradition of providing high-quality care to seniors in our community,” said Wilf Warkentin, chair of the Tabor Home board. “We are excited to see the planning and design works continue so our new personal-care home can open as soon as possible.”
Like with all capital projects, planning work helps to refine the construction timeline, the minister said. Construction is now projected to get underway in spring 2014 and is anticipated to take approximately two years to complete.
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