Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease)
June 09, 2009 - Ned Jennings, principal at FreemanWhite (www.freemanwhite.com), an architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services firm for healthcare organizations in the United States, has announced that construction of the new Hospice Care Facility for Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C. has been completed.
The firm designed the 9,800 square foot, free-standing facility on 3.5 acres of land. The facility features a customized care environment designed to treat terminally ill individuals with compassion and respect, and includes eight patient rooms, support areas for patient’s families, a living room and a dining room. Each patient’s room has visual access to the outdoors, as well as physical access to a covered porch and garden.
FreemanWhite designed the facility with a focus on creating a homelike environment for the patient, family, and friends. In each patient suite the wood floors, soft colors, crown molding, raised-panel doors, and attractive furnishings comprise a space that is familiar and comfortable. Display areas around the patient accommodate personal items such as cards, flowers, mementoes, and photographs. The displays also conceal the Institutional necessities of electrical and medical gas outlets.
To view photos of the Hospice Care Facility for Pitt County Memorial Hospital, visit www.flickr.com/photos/freemanwhite.
The inpatient hospice facility is located on the campus of Pitt County Memorial Hospital, which is the flagship hospital for University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Pitt Memorial, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is a regional resource for all levels of health services and information.
Founded in 1892, FreemanWhite is the oldest architectural firm in North Carolina and focuses on providing top quality architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services for healthcare organizations in the United States. For more information, visit www.freemanwhite.com.
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“We were honored to be selected by PCMH as the designer of the new Hospice Care Facility and are extremely pleased with the completed facility,” said Jennings. “This project is a collaborative triumph for everyone involved to bring compassionate and respectful end-of-life care to terminally ill patients.”
About FreemanWhite:
FreemanWhite provides architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services for healthcare organizations in the United States. Founded in 1892, the firm has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C. and San Diego, Calif. FreemanWhite has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being ranked as the largest North Carolina architectural firm in 2008 by the Triangle Business Journal, and the 13th best architecture firm to work for nationally in 2007 by ZweigWhite. The firm also received the Citation of Merit Award from Healthcare Design magazine for their work on Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s Pediatric Palliative Care Unit in Greenville, N.C.
For more information, please visit www.freemanwhite.com or call (919) 782-0699.
Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty ( @ ) mmimarketing dot com
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