Brennan Francois of Parkridge ValleyWHAT HAS CHANGED* Parkridge Valley Adult & Senior Campus, 7351 Courage Way: Only adult psychiatric patients will be treated at this site.* Parkridge Valley Child and Adolescent Campus, 2200 Morris Hill Road: Only child psychiatric patients will be treated at this 104-bed site.* Parkridge Medical Center, 2333 McCallie Ave.: Psychiatric patients will no longer be housed at this site.Source: Parkridge Medical Center
In mental health care, a gymnasium may be as important as therapy room. A tree-lined window view can soothe in certain ways medication can’t. Interactive classes can be as crucial as moments of isolation.
The new Parkridge Valley Adult & Senior Campus is geared toward the multifaceted components of behavioral health care, its directors said at the hospital’s ribbon-cutting Thursday.
“Being near the outdoors is huge. We may hang bird feeders in the windows. Those little elements can have an important impact on our seniors,” said Susan Farmer, medical director for the hospital’s Senior Life psychiatric program.
Her patients will move from the fifth floor of Parkridge Medical Center’s McCallie Avenue site to the new, more outdoors-accessible facility off Lee Highway.