The Nelson Health Campus is on track to open this summer.
Located at 902 11th Street on the former Mount St. Francis Hospital site, the completed facility will add 75 new long-term care beds for locals in the region requiring long-term medical care.
It will also include a community services building, which will house consolidated health services currently offered at the Gordon Road Wellness Centre and the Nelson Health Centre on Victoria Street.
Mount St. Francis Enterprises, a partnership between the Columbia Basin Trust and Golden Life Management, is developing the project and will lease the building to Interior Health to manage operations.
Interior Health began its tenancy and started operational commissioning at the facility on May 1.
A media release says Interior Health staff have been preparing the campus since May, which has seen the installation of equipment and interior furnishings.
Next, staff will begin training, and move-in readiness activities will occur.
The campus encompasses two buildings: a 75-bed long-term care facility and a community health services centre.
These buildings will open in a phased approach late this summer, with the Nelson Community Health Services Centre slated to open in mid-August and Nelson Fairview Gardens expected to open in early September.
Interior Health says Nelson Fairview Gardens will provide a warm and caring environment where residents will receive care 24/7 as needed. It features private bedrooms with individual bathrooms, and dining and activity spaces for each small neighbourhood.
There are five neighbourhoods in total, each with 14 to 16 people. Other amenities include secure outdoor courtyards and patios.
Meanwhile, the Nelson Community Health Services Centre is clinical and office space for health services supporting the Nelson area, including environmental health, home health, public health, community, and mental health services.
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