Senior Care Market Takes Giant Step in South Utah County

The first major Senior Care Facility in Spanish Fork opens doors.

Spanish Fork, UT -- August 16, 2013 -- Senior care availability nearly doubled in Spanish Fork in the month of July. Why? The neighborhood around Larsen Elementary School is welcoming a new 96-unit assisted living community. The owners and managers of Legacy House of Spanish Fork hope to fill in some of the void in health care options that exist in the surrounding area.



“There is not another facility in South Utah County like it,” said Steve Broadbent, project manager for the Sandy based Rockworth Companies, LLC. “We are providing a home-like atmosphere, fun social activities, and the highest quality care.”The community, located just southeast of the intersection of U.S. High way 6 and Center Street, features a hair salon, movie theater, library, grand piano, and dining room on the inside, and a courtyard with a deck and patio on the outside. Additionally, shuttles are available for residents to travel up Spanish Fork Canyon, to the grocery store, to the LDS Temple, and various other locations.

“The community is embedded within a neighborhood made up of single-family homes,” Broadbent said. “We believe this will only enhance the residential climate we are trying to create for the residents. We just want them to be comfortable and live life as they always have.”

Rockworth hired the Richardson Design Partnership and Rimrock Construction to design and build the community. Western States Lodging and Management (WSLM) of Salt Lake City will be the manager. Legacy House of Spanish Fork will be the first WSLM managed community in Utah County.



“We are pleased to be opening our first community in Utah County,” said Cory Hafen, director of senior operations for WSLM. “We are excited to partner with neighboring businesses, excited about the number of jobs this brings to the area, and excited to bring the Legacy brand and services to the south end of the valley.”

Rockworth and WSLM believe the Spanish Fork community should feel comfortable leaving loved ones in the care of Legacy House professionals.

“We feel we’ve assembled a team that will meet and exceed the expectations of the surrounding community,” Broadbent said.

“The neighbors and city officials have been very helpful and welcoming. We want to give them our best in return.”

Legacy House of Spanish Fork is located at
1449 East 150 South in Spanish Fork.


Article by Herald Extra about the Legacy House of Spanish Fork http://bit.ly/1xWd7C6


For more information, please visit legacyspanishfork.com.

Ashford Expansion in Highland Complete

Residents Begin Moving In New Year’s Day

HIGHLAND, UT--January 7, 2013--Phase two of a recently completed senior care community in Highland has opened its doors. The Ashford, which now offers assisted living in addition to memory care, began welcoming residents into new space Wednesday, Jan. 1.

“We are really excited to offer assisted living to the Highland community,” said Greg Nield, founding partner and manager of the Ashford. “A few months into the project, we analyzed with Rimrock whether or not it would be feasible to finish sooner than our original schedule suggested. We determined it was and ultimately hit our new target date. We’re grateful to have been able to keep the promises we have been making to resident families for months.”





Located across from Lone Peak High School at 10322 N. Country Blvd., the expansion includes 31 new assisted living units and an additional 15 memory care units to complement the existing 16 units of the original Ashford. Construction began in Q2 2013.

For more information about Ashford please visit ashfordmc.com.


 
The following is a Rimrock Release that announced the addition to Ashford Assisted Living


Highland Care Center Expands to Meet Increase in Alzheimer's Disease

HIGHLAND, UTAH -- June 27, 2013 -- One in three seniors will die with Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2013 Facts and Figures. Additionally, it is estimated that 50,000 Utahns age 65 or older will suffer from Alzheimer’s in the year 2025. As the population of dementia sufferers continues to grow, residential memory care and assisted living construction is on the rise throughout Utah.

Greg Nield, owner and operator of Ashford Assisted Living and Memory Care in Highland, has plans to expand his operation to multiple locations. Recent trends showing an aging population and broader acceptance by the general public of the residential senior care concept give him the confidence to grow.

“We anticipate the need to continue growing over the next couple of decades as we see the baby boomer generation age,” Nield said. “Over time, we have seen the public be more open to and actually excited about assisted living whereas in the past, senior care had a stigma of a place you would never consider moving a loved one into unless there was absolutely no other option.”

Construction is underway on Nield’s 16-unit memory care community across from Lone Peak High School in Highland. The new phase includes 15 additional memory care units and 31 assisted living units, a new service at the community.

“We received several requests from people asking for regular assisted living at Ashford so we decided to expand our current operation,” Nield said. “We will be able to offer services for those who need regular assisted living as well as continue to offer the services for those with memory impairments such as Parkinson’s, Vascular Dementia, Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.”

Rimrock Construction is the general contractor on the Ashford addition and according to Mark Hampton, principal at Rimrock, this is only the beginning of senior care construction growth in Utah.

“We have been approached by an increasing number of local and national memory care and assisted living operators who are looking to build in the Utah market,” said Hampton “With our extensive experience building senior care facilities, and the increasing need for such services, I see a large portion of our future work coming from the senior care market.”

The addition to Ashford is scheduled to be completed at the beginning of 2014 and Nield believes the community will be pleased with the finished product.

“Citizens in our community will find our services extremely helpful as their need arises.“ Nield said. “We want them to feel absolute confidence in our ability to care for their loved one.”

Aerial Photos of Current Projects

Rimrock recently had aerial photographs taken of a few projects we are building. We are grateful to those who have made these jobs possible as well as all of the projects we have been fortunate to be a part of – past, present, and upcoming.


Click on the photos to enlarge.

Hyatt & Marriott hotels and parking structure - Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah

Dry Creek at East Village - Sandy, Utah

Home 2 Suites - Lehi (Thanksgiving Point), Utah

Sagewood at Daybreak

Element 31 at Brickyard - Salt Lake City, Utah

Holladay Village Center - Holladay, Utah

Evergreen Office Plaza (Doxey Hatch Medical Center) - Millcreek, Utah