April 12, 2022: Construction Kickoff for Skilled Nursing Facility/Memory Care at Veterans Home of Yountville
Construction on the new $269 million, 240-bed skilled nursing and memory care facility at the Veterans Home of California is underway, with the facility expected to open early in 2024. The project partners with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), the Department of General Services (DGS), and contractors Rudolph and Sletten Inc. and CannonDesign. Last week, CalVet hosted a kickoff event for the Home’s residents, staff, and public members at the construction site. Rudolph and Sletten CEO Jon Foad, the Home’s Allied Council Chair, Gary Sloan, and Home Administrator Lisa Peake joined Imbasciani to discuss the project and its amenities to Yountville veterans and their spouses.
The new facility will become the first new free-standing structure built on the Yountville campus since Jefferson Hall – located on the hill above the new hospital site – opened in 1978. The new SNF and memory care facility will replace the 90-year-old Nelson M. Holderman Hospital.
“It is amazing that this home – the oldest and largest in California – will also have the newest state-of-the-art skilled nursing facility,” Administrator Lisa Peake said. “Our veterans and their spouses deserve nothing less than the best California has to offer, and they will have the opportunity to see what that means when we open the doors of the new Skilled Nursing Facility.” All of the rooms in the new facility will be single bed occupancy. Each will have its own bathroom. Each floor will include dining and social areas and other amenities. It will consist of a main dining room and shops on the first floor.
For more information on the VHC-Yountville SNF project, including a live feed of the construction site, visit calvet.ca.gov/yountvillesnfproject.
April 5, 2022: Updates on Entrance to Campus and Skilled Nursing Facility
The campus is open to visitors who have had all three shots. There’s a possibility the front gate at the top of Calif Drive might have you get a quick test which is available at the kiosk as you enter. When inside a building, a mask is required. Otherwise, outside you are free to go around the campus.
Lots of news and excitement about the new $269 million, 240-bed skilled nursing facility and memory care center at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville. The completed facility will be a five-story, 317,000-square-foot skilled nursing facility that matches the Spanish Colonial exteriors of the other major buildings at the Veterans Home. The new skilled nursing facility will offer single-occupancy rooms, bathrooms in each, dining and social areas on each floor, with the main dining room, shops, and a scooter repair shop on the first floor.