New Hospice Care Centre Breaks Ground
The future of hospice care in Bermuda has taken a leap forward with the groundbreaking on the site of the new Woodland Grove Care Centre on Spice Hill Road, Warwick.
A spokesperson said, “Community partners and board members of Friends of Hospice were present to mark the symbolic first shovel-strike of the multi-year construction of Bermuda’s first purpose-built hospice and eldercare care facility. The Care Centre will significantly increase and improve on the care options available on island.
Jennifer Mahoney [Executive Director at Friends of Hospice]. Thomas McMahon [Deputy Chair of Friends of Hospice], Zach Moniz [Friends of Hospice Board Member], Gary Simmons [Managing Partner, Design Director at Lindberg & Simmons], Andy Pereira [Joint Managing Director of D&J Construction] and Alison Soares [Friends of Hospice Board Member].
“This first stage of construction is estimated to take two months and will see D&J Construction, the Preferred Construction Partner for the project, clearing soil, rubble and shrubbery from the site and preparing it for the next phase: tank installation. The architectural design for the Centre has been carried out by Lindberg and Simmons, with a view to providing an efficient, compassionate and holistic space, utilising the green areas surrounding the site.”
Jennifer Mahoney, Executive Director of the Friends of Hospice, said, “We are so thrilled to have taken this first step towards providing significantly expanded and improved care in Bermuda – and in Friends of Hospice’s 30th year, no less. The future of care here is bright, and we are so grateful to our community partners, including D&J Construction and Lindberg and Simmons, as well as our donors for making it possible.
“Woodland Grove Care Centre will provide patients and their loved ones with the privacy and comfort that they so deserve while also empowering our incredibly dedicated team of employees and volunteers to perform their duties at even higher standards.”
Andy Pereira, Joint Managing Director of D&J Construction, said, “D&J Construction are pleased to have been selected as the preferred construction partner of choice for this project. We look forward to working with all stakeholders involved to produce an exceptional Care Centre that will provide a myriad of invaluable services to our community.
“As a company, we value family and recognise how important each moment that we have with our loved ones is. The Woodland Grove Care Centre will provide a space for families and loved ones to spend irreplaceable moments together in a caring environment supported by a team of passionate professionals.”
Gary Simmons, Managing Partner and Design Director at Lindberg and Simmons said, “The Woodland Grove Care Centre has been designed with the goal of creating the best possible conditions to promote quality of life, respect, and dignity – facilitating the best possible care while providing a home environment for patients and their families.
“The building will have an aesthetic character heavily inspired by traditional Bermudian residential character, massing, and vernacular. The provision of functional gardens and landscaped outdoor areas, around the building, contribute to the home environment and will offer tranquil and calming spaces.”
The spokesperson said, “To find out how you can contribute to the new Care Centre, please contact Jennifer Mahoney at executive.director@hospice.bm.”
Thank you, Friends of Hospice. I do not know what we would do without you.
Why was this massive area chosen in the middle of forest/green space instead of brownfield space that we have previously developed. You have taken ‘never touched’ land and will cover it in cement??? Why do that? It is wrong! That entire area will now be bulldozed and covered in cement and you are the ones starting the area destruction. We applaud and need a facility, but – not at the expense and loss of open green space. A very wrong decision I bet – promoted by the “construction companies” and architects involved, that are wanting the massive funds for themselves, that a massive, from scratch, development will bring them. The loss of this open space is wrong and I’m deeply concerned that it was completely not necessary at all!