Hospice residence construction continues

ALBION —  

Certainly one of the most difficult and stressful situations a family can face is trying to take care of an acutely ill loved one in the home. Locally, over the past two decades, families in need have been able to turn to Hospice of Orleans for invaluable in-home patient care and support.

However, in cases where patients can no longer be cared for at home, Hospice’s abilities — until now — have been limited because of a lack of facilities. In such cases, Hospice has had to refer those families to nursing homes or the hospital, as Hospice itself has had no facilities to take care of those situations. Last year, in fact, Hospice of Orleans made some 20 such referrals.

That situation, though, is about to change in a very big and dramatic way for Hospice.

The construction of the new Martin-Linsin Hospice Residence, which is now well under way just behind the Hospice of Orleans office building on Route 31 in Albion, will allow Hospice to provide care and assistance for those patients and their families.

“It’s absolutely wonderful. It’s great for the community,” said Hospice Development Director Cora Goyette of the new building which will enable Hospice to care for as many as eight patients and their families at any one time.

 “There is no question there is a demonstrated need for such a residence as we had 20 families just last year we had to refer to other facilities,” Goyette said. “Most people desire to be at home but there are occasions and conditions under which that isn’t possible. Our hope is to keep families together when it is a very stressful time. It is about enabling people to live to the best of their ability surrounded by family and friends and this building will enable us to do that.”

Construction of the $2.2 million, 8,500-square-foot building, which began in November and is slated to be completed this summer, will provide a residence facility that will include eight individual suites as well as a communal family room and kitchen for residents and family.

“We took a huge leap of faith breaking ground in November in Upstate New York, but the weather has been incredible, a lot of angels, and we’re actually ahead of schedule,” Goyette said. “This building will certainly augment our in-home care and will serve the community well.”

The new residence facility name recognizes of one of the project’s primary donors, Bruce Martin of Shelby, whose wife, Margaret Linsin Martin, was cared for by Hospice. In honor of her, the new facility will be named The Martin-Linsin Residence at Hospice of Orleans.

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