Rendering of the planned rehabilitation facility in West Creek Medical Park (Rendering by Kahler Slater Experience Design, courtesy Sheltering arms)
A 114-bed regional rehabilitation facility is planned for 25 acres in the West Creek Medical Park just inside Virginia Highway 288 at West Broad Street in Goochland County.
The hospital is a joint venture between Sheltering Arms Hospital and VCU Health System and will be known as Sheltering Arms Rehab Institute, according to a release from the two partners in the project. It’s an in-patient facility that will offer rehabilitation services after strokes, brain or spinal cord injuries and similar conditions.
“This joint venture establishes a state-of-the-science teaching hospital to advance clinical education across all the rehabilitation disciplines and to support translational research in the field of rehabilitation that will advance knowledge in the industry and immediately benefit patients says,” Marsha Rappley, VCU Heath System’s chief executive officer and a vice president of VCU Health Sciences.
The partners planned to file a Certificate of Public Need with the state in October, with a decision expected by early summer 2017. The facility opening is projected for 2020. It will serve patients from across Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic, according to Mary Zweifel, Sheltering Arms’ interim CEO. “It will provide innovative, evidence-based inpatient rehabilitation that integrates the newest technology and most highly trained staff in a facility that supports the whole patient and family as an integral part of the recovery process,” she says.
