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courtesy Heartland Health Region Authority Rosetown and District Health Centre – Long Term Care by Bill Armstrong s the greying of Canada's population continues, the pressure is on to provide long-term care accommodations to the increasing number of aging seniors. The Rosetown and District Health Centre – Long Term Care in Rosetown, Saskatchewan, is one of several examples where outdated long-term care homes in the province are being replaced with facilities that offer new approaches in providing health care and improved programming for seniors, all within designs that reflect current thinking about long-term care. The Centre will offer 54 private rooms for 54 residents, replacing the Centennial Wheatland Lodge opened in 1967, and a wing of the district health centre currently used for long-term care. The Centre's design reflects the significant changes in thinking that have occurred in recent decades in approaches to health care delivery, the influence of the environmental A setting on residents and staff, and the emphasis on improved energy efficiency. For example, the bathrooms in the Centennial Lodge cannot accommodate wheelchairs or ceilingmounted safety lifts. The new Centre will offer these and other modern amenities for patient care. "The structure is steel and is intended to last a long time," Peters says. "White was chosen for the metal roof to be more reflective and reduce heat gain. The high-performance HVAC system meets the building's high fresh air/ventilation requirements and includes a heat recovery ventilation system. For even heat, efficiency and comfort the Centre will use radiant in-floor heat." Rosetown and District Health Centre – Long Term Care p60-63Rosetown.indd 61 Most notably, however, the Centre is configured as five homes, or cottages, with 10 or 11 residents living in each cottage in a home-like environment, sharing a kitchen, dining room, living room and screened porch. Lead architect Jerald Peters of ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design – Jerald Peters, ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design. notes that the entry to each cottage has a theme that reflects Rosetown's historic role as an agricultural service centre, such as images of farm fields, country roads, a horse and a pumpkin patch. Each cottage has access to outdoor gardens with raised planters for residents' use, along with pathways and sitting areas. The Rosetown project design builds on two other health care projects that the firm designed that are also under construction in Saskatchewan, and others that have been completed. The design includes input from representatives from the community, which was responsible for raising 20 per cent of the project's $24.5 million cost. Community stakeholders identified needs that were incorporated into the project design, notes LeAnne Paproski, communications coordinator for the Heartland Health Region. Peters adds that representatives of the local community were full members of the design meetings, and their input december 2013    /61 13-11-15 4:00 PM

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