The "town square" inside the new E. Dene Moore Care Center in Rifle. Chelsea Self / Post Independent
When nursing home residents were recently given a tour through what resembles a posh shopping mall, fashioned with various amenities like a spa, cafe and even a pub, they were taken aback.
“You had residents who were just in tears for what it meant to them,” Grand River Care Center Administrator Chavien Paget said. “You had a resident who said, ‘I finally got my own bathroom.’”
The new, state-of-the-art Grand River Care Center, set to welcome a transfer of residents from the next door E. Dene Moore Care Center in early February, also changed the outlook of another senior tourist.