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Ahead of its official opening in September, residents can tour the new hospital. It houses a 3,000-square-foot gym, a mock car, a drift boat and a supported harness walking track.
A new PeaceHealth rehabilitation hospital is set to open this fall and will give Oregon patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries and other trauma access to specialized care many have previously left the state to seek.
PeaceHealth cut the ribbon Thursday, Aug. 20, on its Springfield Rehabilitation Hospital at 3555 Game Farm Road, ahead of its official opening in September.
The 67,000-square-foot, 42-bed facility will be expandable to 60 beds. It is Oregon’s first freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital. The facility, which cost $76 million, is jointly owned and operated by PeaceHealth and LifePoint Rehabilitation, a division of LifePoint Health, which operates more than 250 rehab units nationally.
The facility also includes the state’s first dedicated, secure traumatic brain injury unit, which will house 12 patients at a time.
“We have individuals with brain injuries now that are having to go to the University of Utah, and these other programs, because we have not had the environment that we need to provide care for them safely,” said Ashley McDonald, CEO of the new hospital.
She said with the new hospital, patients can stay local for care.
The current 27-bed rehab unit at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, less than a mile away, will gradually transfer patients to the new Springfield location.
Officials say the current rehab unit had been stretched beyond capacity.
“We already know at this moment in time, hence this hospital being built, that the 27 beds we have now at RiverBend are not enough for the community need,” McDonald said.
The transition won’t occur immediately. McDonald said both facilities will run concurrently for up to 30 days, with patients close to finishing their care remaining at the current location. The vacated RiverBend space will then convert into general medical beds.
“We’ll reconvert that area into an inpatient medical bay, and open up those beds for medical, which will help us decompress our emergency department as well,” said Alicia Beymer, RiverBend’s chief administrative officer. “It’ll be a win-win for the team.”
Amenities in the new rehabilitation hospital include a 3,000-square-foot therapy gym with a supported harness walking track, a simulated apartment for practicing daily living skills, a mock car for relearning how to get into and out of a vehicle and an outdoor courtyard featuring a drift boat, a putting green and raised garden beds.
The hospital’s open house hours this week are 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20; and 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21.
