Congratulations to Lakeland Regional Health on their ribbon cutting for the Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness! This 80,000-square feet facility offers calm energy with natural sunlight pouring in from tall windows, seamlessly blending nature with modern architecture. This new Wellness Center hosts 96 beds and 5 active services including, adult inpatient & outpatient care, child and adolescent inpatient and outpatient care, emergency stabilization, a specialty care unit, and a substance abuse disorder program.
LRH surrounding greatly impact mental wellness, which is why we carefully designed the facility to promote relaxation and healing. Some of those features include natural sunlight, peaceful meditation areas, inspiring artwork, outdoor sitting areas, cafes, a patient gym, and comfortable patient rooms.
Lakeland Regional has finished construction of the Harrell Family Center for Behavioral Wellness, its first freestanding mental-health facility. It will become the nonprofit health care provider’s hub for outpatient and inpatient mental health services.
Danielle Drummond, Lakeland Regional Health’s president, and CEO called the grand opening of the center the “next great step” for the nonprofit provider and surrounding areas.
Plans for the $46 million facility were publicly unveiled in November 2019, but construction was delayed because of the COVID pandemic. Work got underway in August 2020 with a formal groundbreaking ceremony postponed until February 2021 for health safety concerns.
There is no set opening date for the center, Drummond said, as Lakeland Regional Health still needs the site to pass its state inspections. She anticipates services will start being offered in the coming weeks.
“That’s the real game changer, as it allows us to provide comprehensive care for patients,” Drummond said.
The Bill & Kathy Pou Pediatric and Adolescent Unit will consist of 12 inpatient beds designated for youths age 10 to 17. The remaining 84 beds are designated for adults, separated by the severity and specifics of their diagnoses.
The front quadrant of the center has dozens of offices and suites designated for outpatient mental health services. Lakeland Regional Health provides outpatient care starting with children age 5.