Rendering of Harrington HealthCare
Webster, MA – The DiGiorgio Associates Inc. (DAI) and Monitor Builders Inc. (MBI) team is currently working with Harrington HealthCare in Webster on an outpatient behavioral health counseling construction project and an inpatient psychiatric unit. The estimated construction cost for these projects is $3.2 million with an estimated completion of October 2016.
The new inpatient facility will be the first in Central and Western Massachusetts to offer a specialty track for patients suffering from both mental illness and substance abuse. Colors and lighting were selected to create a soothing atmosphere, and flooring was selected for safety, maintenance, sustainability, and comfort.
The layout was designed to optimize sight lines between staff and patient areas and to minimize travel distances for staff.
DiGiorgio Associates Inc. is headquartered in Boston, with a satellite office in Portland, Maine.
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There are two adult programs – Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP). The former is six-hour long day program; the other is a three-hour program. For the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, there will be 16 inpatient beds.
As the Opioid addiction crisis affects the nation, this expansion of behavioral health services is a direct response to the needs of the community. Harrington’s focus is on prevention, following an important Anti-Opioid bill recently passed allowing patients in Massachusetts to request a lower dose of pain relievers after injury, surgery, etc., to help reduce the risk of addiction.
The goal is to address anxiety, depression and other mental health issues earlier so that the likelihood of self-medicating is decreased.
