Maintaining Nursing Home Facilities Requires Extra Care and Sensitivity
Level Line Construction demonstrates the importance of maintaining nursing homes and the sensitivity required to work at such unique environments.

ASTORIA, NY, December 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Remodeling jobs are messy considering the ladders and tools, the drop cloths, the moving about of furniture, and let's not forget the fumes. This is magnified in a nursing home environment where people live a semi-confined existence. Occasionally contractors come across residents in rooms that refuse entry, others are bedridden and attached to respiratory equipment, then you have the heavy wheelchair mobility and healthcare personnel moving about in the corridors. Level Line Construction specializes in nursing home maintenance services and is an expert in tackling everyday challenges. To ensure the safety and security of all residents, careful planning, managing, and close coordination with the facilities director is required at all times.

Healthcare facilities require a different approach than typical commercial environments. Offices, retail, and multi-unit residential settings typically do not operate 24 hours a day and maintenance work can be done off-hours. There are no off-hours in a healthcare facility. Management can't simply empty a section or ask people to go home for the day. A plan is devised to temporarily move each resident, protect furniture and belongings, and complete the work in each room all in the same day. Construction workers move very quickly and can be in and out of a resident's room during a regular activities period. Despite all of these deterrents, the work area is safeguarded and measures are taken to fully complete the work.

"We are proud of our highly trained staff and our continuing efforts in assisting the healthcare industry better manage their facilities to benefit the residents they serve," said Andreas Georgiou, President of Level Line Construction.

The bottom line is being able to remodel occupied healthcare facilities and achieve outstanding results with minimum disruptions to the residents and staff. The key is having an experienced contractor that has a strong history of working within the confines of a complex nursing home situation. Management and employees need to have the experience, ability, and sensitivity that's required to work in such unique and challenging environments. To complete the work successfully steady communication between all parties throughout the project needs to be maintained.

"Much attention is devoted to questioning the baby boomer's ability to retire at a reasonable age with a comfortable lifestyle. Our question is, are the world's skilled nursing home facilities environmentally ready to take in a rapidly aging world population? Depending on who you talk to, you'll get mixed answers. Our experience tells us that a nursing home will not be clean, safe or environmentally friendly unless a continuous, solid, and effective maintenance plan is in place and is heavily enforced," said Elias Kotsias, Director of Business Development & Marketing at Level Line Construction.

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Andreas Georgiou
Level Line Construction Group
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