NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
BUHLER, Kan. — Sunshine Meadows in Buhler hosted a groundbreaking for their new Assisted Living Memory Care Unit on Wednesday. The capital campaign to raise $1.1 million for the project took about five years to execute.
"It's a little bit different," said Administrator Nathan Spencer. "We've had memory care services here at Sunshine Meadows for decades and we do that very well, but one thing we've always heard and seen is that we need a beginning stage level of memory care. We're adding this Assisted Living Memory Care just for that."
The new unit will be off of the back of the current Assisted Living hallway on the southeast corner of the property and will assist those in early stages.
"It's for when cognitive impairment just begins to set on or dementia care is beginning to be a need that's shown," Spencer said. "Alzheimer's is an advanced medical issue. for sure, but there are different levels and stages there. Being able to provide that here in our assisted living is a huge thing for us. We believe it will be great for the community."
Sunshine Meadows is at 400 South Buhler Road.
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