Northeast Georgia Health System and Lifepoint Rehabilitation have joined forces to build a long-term inpatient rehabilitation center in Gainesville set to open in 2025, according to hospital officials.
“Since 1989, we’ve been proud to offer inpatient rehabilitation services at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville,” NGHS Vice President of Oncology, Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Services Kevin Matson said in a release Monday. “We’re so excited that this partnership will not only increase availability of this kind of care in the region, but will also improve the patient experience and expand the kinds of therapies we can offer – closing a gap in the care continuum so patients can get the care they need close to home.”
The new 61,000-square-foot facility is projected to cost around $62 million and will nearly double the existing 24-bed inpatient rehabilitation at NGMC in Gainesville to 40 patient rooms. The facility will also feature a designated wing on the second floor for brain injury and stroke patients and a large therapy suite equipped with a gym; private therapy rooms; a cooking therapy room; an Activities of Daily Living therapy apartment; and a variety of innovative rehabilitation equipment, according of officials.
The new facility is expected to provide intensive nursing, physical, occupational and speech pathology services for adults recovering from conditions such as a stroke, neurological disease, brain or spinal cord injury and other debilitating illnesses or injuries.
Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, will run the day-to-day operations of the new facility, hospital officials said.
“We are proud to partner with Northeast Georgia Health System as we expand access to critically needed inpatient rehabilitation services for patients in Gainesville and surrounding communities,” Vice President of Operations at Lifepoint Rehabilitation said. “We are passionate about bringing our evidence-based framework for providing high-quality rehabilitation care to more communities and we look forward to working alongside NGHS as we advance our mission of making communities healthier.”
Once completed, the NGHS rehabilitation facility will join Lifepoint Rehabilitation’s growing network of more than 30 inpatient rehab facilities across the country, according to officials.
Construction is expected to begin later this year and the facility will open to patients in 2025.
For more information, visit NGHS online.
