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Campus Master Plan for Abe’s Garden

300,000 square foot center—Abe’s Garden

The Abe’s Garden campus plan on the 7.41 acre Park Manor property at 115 Woodmont Boulevard includes a comprehensive facility to care for adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, residential assisted living and acute skilled care, and senior independent living apartments.

Park Manor, Nashville’s first senior independent living apartment building currently includes 124 apartments. Upon receipt of the requisite health facility Certificate of Need, one of Park Manor’s existing floors will be converted to an acute skilled nursing and hospice care center while the remaining six floors will continue to offer 68 independent living apartments as part of the realization of the Abe’s Garden vision.

The cognitive care center that will be known as Abe’s Garden at Park Manor, designed by Manuel Zeitlin Architects in collaboration with Hawkins Partners, Inc. landscape architects and Interior Design Associates Inc., will have a 40-bed capacity for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, assisted living capacity, and allow for the day care of up to 24 individuals.

Working with leading professionals in the fields of geriatrics, pharmacology, nursing, senior living and physical therapy, architect Manuel Zeitlin has designed a building that encourages independence but is sensitive to the special challenges of those with memory loss.

Understanding that Alzheimer’s patients like to wander, Abe’s Garden will include interior courtyards, connected by one looped sidewalk. The sidewalk will lead residents to their neighborhoods and familiar areas identified by a waterfall or an ivy-covered brick wall. Here, they may enjoy the outdoors in a secure and picturesque area.

The campus will also include a new senior independent living apartment building that will feature a health spa, indoor pool, covered parking, and fine dining facilities.

Abe’s Garden will be seeking LEED certification on the entire project.

The construction of Abe’s Garden and the renovation of Park Manor are expected to take place over an 18-month period. Groundbreaking is anticipated in 2010 with completion scheduled for the renovated Park Manor space by mid-2011 so that assisted living care may be provided for current residents in need.