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Sidney, Neb. - Sidney Regional Medical Center (SRMC) state of the art long term care facility Pole Creek Estates officially welcomes in residents. Residents made the move over from the old facility to the new facility on Wednesday.
Last week on September 12th, SRMC hosted their ribbon cutting and invited residents and community members to tour the beautiful building. The event was well attended by the community. The building had many amenities including carpet floors in the rooms, a salon, an ice cream/coffee station, dining area and so much more.
The long-term care facility features a memory care wing. There are 63 beds throughout the facility, and some are double occupancy/semi-private rooms. The Pole Creek Estates is near capacity.
The overall cost of the project was $24.5 million dollars, and the project was funded by the board and USDA long term financing. "The board funded half of it (project), funded $12 million and USDA long term financing they did 12," said CEO Jason Petik. The idea for this project has been in the making for nearly 11 years.
The city of Sidney and its city boards, city council, community members have rallied behind this project since it was announced. "They have also been supportive of SRMC, just the growth of the overall circumstances within the community, within our organization", said Petik.
For doctors and nurses working in the facility it is exciting that the facility has a "home" feeling for residents and that everything they need is inside the building. "That's the goal, this is their home, but we also want it to be their community," said Dr. Rebecca Allard.
New building brings out new state of the art technology and the SRMC Pole Creek Estates is excited to have some including oxygen piped in the wall and having no call signs in the hallways but instead in an earpiece worn by staff which makes the building a lot quieter for residents.
"We have oxygen piped in the walls which is amazing, we don't have to hear loud concentrators anymore so that's amazing for the residents since it will be a lot quieter," said Susan Wecker, Director of nursing.
Staff toured other long-term care facilities in the state of Nebraska and this particular one in Sidney got many of its features from the location in Broken Bow but added its own twist to the project.
Residents will make the trip over to the new building on Wednesday, Sept. 18th hoping to have all the residents in their new home by 12:00pm (MT).
