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Published: 11/16/2012 - Updated: 2 hours ago

BY TYREL LINKHORN BLADE BUSINESS WRITER

Saying that the future of health care will be shaped by collaborative relationships, officials from Toledo-based ProMedica and HCR ManorCare announced plans Thursday to jointly build a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center.

The multimillion-dollar facility will be built on the ProMedica Flower Hospital campus in Sylvania, and ultimately replace ProMedicas 200-bed Lake Park rehab facility.

Officials said the goal of the new facility is to improve how patients make the transition from regular hospitals to their own homes.

Lake Park has served the community very well for almost 50 years, but this is an opportunity to write that next chaper and build a state-of-the-art facility," said Randy Schimmoeller, senior vice president of operations for ProMedica Continuing Care Services Corp.

The proposed 120-bed facility would have 24-hour skilled nursing care, a special gym, more private rooms equipped with flat-screen televisions, and more on-site personal care services, including a barber shop and beauty shop. HCR ManorCare recently opened similar facilities in Michigan, New Jersey, and Washington state and has a project in the works near Cleveland.

Officials said the center will be more like a home and less like a hospital.

When you look at skilled nursing facilities, todays standard is more like a home setting, a home-type model. One hundred twenty beds is kind of the standard, Mr. Schimmoeller said. We want this to be a facility that has that feel, and as we go forward well develop transitional plans for patients and manage it in a way that were meeting all the needs of the patients.

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