Nursing stations were redesigned to provide a non-glassed area with better open views, and to take on the same residential feel of the interiors. The addition of two central bathrooms gave Presbyterian Home an opportunity to install more sophisticated bathing facilities for assisted-living residents' care. Such areas provide all-weather handicap accessibility closer to resident accommodations for the added convenience of both residents and families. For assisted-living residents, one wing of the McIntosh Retirement Center was fully renovated to allow early relocation during renovations. The new area provided residents with larger private rooms and individual patios.
All residents share a dining room and chapel with the retirement center.
A new movie-theater area and a computer room, now in the planning stage, will allow residents even greater variety and independence in their daily living. The relocation gives Presbyterian Home the ability to dedicate additional future space to two levels of assisted-living care. It also allows residents, now located in the retirement wings, the opportunity to make an easy transition when additional assistance is needed. Although retirement residents can be resistant to accepting such benefits, six residents have moved from the retirement center into assisted living without undue stress. In fact, residents enjoy the ability to remain close to the friends still located in the retirement wing.