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Investment in patient experience features blend of 21st century amenities, historic charm, highest quality treatment

Oconomowoc, Wis. – Rogers Memorial Hospital announces the upcoming ribbon cutting of a pair of new facilities, continuing the organization’s emphasis on phenomenal patient experiences and meeting the highest standards of quality in behavioral health treatment.

The hospital, located on a private, wooded lakeshore in southeastern Wisconsin, has built new facilities that will serve both the organization’s inpatient centers as well as children and adults in treatment at Rogers’ renowned residential treatment centers for eating disorders, chemical dependency and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

“Opening these patient-focused facilities represents a continued investment in our patient experience,” said Jerry Noll, chief financial officer at Rogers. “We’re not adding any capacity with these projects; patient privacy and safety is Rogers’ motivation.”

The new buildings were constructed to blend 21st century amenities with the hospital’s historic charm, and will replace current facilities, some of which are located in one of the hospital’s original buildings constructed in the early 1900s.

The experiential center features a gymnasium, fitness center, relaxation room, art therapy studio, and recreation room. The new inpatient building will replaces all of the current facilities for the hospital’s eating disorders, child and adolescent and acute inpatient psychiatric units.

The ribbon cutting marks the two-thirds completion of a $26.5 million construction project. With the opening of a $6.5 million experiential center, a $12 million inpatient hospitalization center, officials now look forward to opening a $7.5 million facility to house the hospital’s residential centers for children and teens.

Established in 1907, Rogers Memorial Hospital is a leader in personalized treatment for anxiety disorders, eating disorders, mood disorders and substance-use disorders for children, teens and adults. As a national provider of specialty psychiatry, Rogers’ treatment approach encourages self-empowerment and family involvement. The physicians at Rogers believe that healing involves the whole person – mind, body and spirit. At Rogers, a team of more than 800 professionals, led by board-certified psychiatrists, is dedicated to working with each patient to develop individualized treatment plans to achieve lasting recovery. Rogers is located on 50 acres of woods with a waterfront campus in southeastern Wisconsin.

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• Construction photos taken throughout 2011

Rogers Memorial Hospital will soon celebrate the completion of its newest facilities, an experiential building featuring a gymnasium, fitness center, relaxation room, art therapy studio, and recreation room, as well as a replacement for our eating disorders, child and adolescent and acute inpatient psychiatric facilities.

The construction of these two phases of our three-phase project moved along throughout 2011. Our experiential center is already being used and we’re excited for our upcoming ribbon ceremony on the inpatient centers.

The westernmost walls of the experiential center were some of the first walls to go up. This snowy shot is from February 2011.

By April 2011, the experiential center’s walls had been erected, and a pair of cranes arrived as the grounds were prepared for construction to begin on the inpatient facilities.

The walls of the experiential center (on the right) were being prepped for brickwork to begin in May 2011 while construction of the first walls of the inpatient facility (on left) went up alongside our new shipping and receiving dock (center).

The first and second stories of the inpatient center were well under construction in June 2011.

By the end of July 2011, the third floor and the building’s roof had been added to the site.

And by August 2011, brickwork was beginning to go up on the exterior walls.

In October 2011, the brickwork and molding was nearing completion.

December 2011 marked the near completion of the building’s exterior as the bulk of the construction now moves inside the building.

For additional information about this or any other treatment program at Rogers, contact our community outreach team.