The accreditation processes are voluntary, exacting processes that review whether a community meets established standards of excellence in the areas of health and wellness, resident life and services, governance and administration, financial resources, spiritual life and church connection. In 1997, we completed the building of our duplexes with basements and began the construction of a new freestanding health care center. It accommodates 58 Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing care beds and a 26-bed Starnes Special Care wing for Memory Impairment. The 56 unit Richard A. Wood, Jr., Assisted Living Center was completed in early March 2001. The first residents began moving in on March 5th.
Future projects being planned include the development of a new recreation area.
Givens Estates is continually changing and adapting to serve the needs of our present and future residents. All Methodists in Western North Carolina can be proud of Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community. The dream has come true and the vision of constantly striving to meet the changing needs of God's people stays before us.