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Standing at one end of the University of Kansas Health System’s Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital’s dynamic atrium, it’s possible to forget you’re even standing in a health care environment at all. There are living green walls, beautiful plants and shrubbery, boundless natural light, stunning views of the nearby skyline and patients are just footsteps away from spaces for music, art therapy, fitness and more.
The Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital is one of several cutting-edge mental and behavioral health care facilities boldly reshaping its typology. While historical approaches to mental health hospitals often isolated these facilities away from town centers and behind fences, today’s facilities are focused on community integration, access to nature, shared-use resources, natural light, music, public art, positive patient and staff experiences and more.
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March 9, 2021
Downey, CA– LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn and Downey Mayor Claudia M. Frometa are providing an update on the Restorative Care Village currently under construction at Rancho Los Amigos in Downey. The project broke ground last summer and is expected to be completed in July and begin accepting patients in Fall 2021.
Two separate facilities are under construction both aimed at providing extended healthcare treatment to patients after they are discharged from County hospitals. These facilities will primarily serve patients being discharged from Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
“The new Restorative Care Village is a continuation of what Rancho Los Amigos has always set out to do: rebuild lives,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. “The incredible doctors at Rancho Los Amigos treat patients who have experienced life-changing illnesses and injury and give them hope for their futures. But even after they are discharged, patients need