Editor’s note: This article is by Patrick O’Grady, a correspondent for the Valley News, in which it was first published Feb. 4, 2014.
WINDSOR — The Cedar Hill Continuing Care Community, citing an increasing demand for assisted-living and care services for people suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia, said Monday it would build a $10.6 million, two-level addition at its U.S. 5 facility.
The new 42,000 square foot wing will include a 20-bed “memory care” unit and would double the capacity of its independent and assisted-living accommodations to 41 apartments, according to the privately owned care facility.
“We are seeing significant demand for memory care services,” Patricia Horn, co-owner of Cedar Hill with her mother, Mary Louise Sayles, said Monday. “We offer memory care in the community but this will give us a state-of-the-art facility.”
The expansion of what is called the Village at Cedar Hill will increase the total square footage to nearly 60,000 from the current size of almost 18,000. And with the memory care facility, capacity will triple to accommodate more than 60 residents.
Cedar Hill also operates a 39-bed nursing home facility and Victorian House at Cedar Hill, which provides care for 13 residents in a home-like setting.
The project has been in the planning stages for several years and Cedar Hill recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a $9 million insured mortgage on the project. Horn said that financing options are expanded now that the federal government is backstopping the mortgage.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for later this month. Construction is expected to take 11 months.
