No More Institution!
Relax In Our Living Room!

Welcome to our new living room!

For many years,
the main living room of
Fairview Haven was dominated
by the central nurses' station.

The hustle and bustle of the
nurses working, phones ringing and beepers beeping created excess chaos and stress in the living room.

As the first sight to greet every visitor who walked in the front door, the nurses' station spelled INSTITUTION and HEALTHCARE, rather than HOME.

In the winter of 2009-10, our construction crew began dismantling
the central nurses' station and creating a new living space.

After several months of hard work, our dream came true with a beautiful, comfortable and quieter living room, as well as a conveniently-located nurses' office. Privacy of health information is also greatly improved as phone calls by the nurses can no longer be easily overheard.

Click the links below to see more of this groundbreaking transformation!

Before and After: Living Room.


The first step was cutting away the counter to begin building a wall for the nurses office.


Crowbars and hammers were employed as the walls came crashing down.


The medication room was reconstructed for convenience of the nurses.


New private nurses' office and adjacent medication room.


Then work on the main living room started.


Tearing up the carpet in preparation for floor installation.


Just a narrow walkway to get through the living room while three-fourths of the floor was installed.


Hurray! The last segment of the floor being laid.


The living room was finished in time to host our Pancake-Sausage Breakfast Fundraiser!

If you are interested in making a donation to Fairview Haven's Building Fund
or our NEW Transformation Fund to support this project,
see our Donations page for more information.