A grand opening celebration was held Wednesday, August 31, 2016, on the South Fort Myers campus of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida for its new 3,500 square foot physical therapy and rehabilitation facility – The Mead Therapy Center.
Planning and development of the new facility began in 2014 when Cypress Cove received a generous $2 million philanthropic gift from the Mead Family. Construction of the new facility which is attached to Cypress Cove’s skilled nursing and rehabilitation community – The Lodge – provides an enhanced therapy program with expanded services.
Speakers at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting praised the Mead Family for their transformational gift that the family asked to be used exclusively for construction of a new progressively-designed center. The new center, said Cypress Cove Executive Director Michele Wasserlauf during opening ceremonies, provides the community’s public rehabilitation and skilled nursing program with greater flexibility to offer care to an expanded patient-base.
David Gray, Health Services Director at Cypress Cove, applauded the new center citing its many features, including multiple treatment rooms, a large weight and exercise area with a variety of state-of-the-art equipment, a dedicated speech therapy room, training kitchen, bathroom and laundry.
“I can envision The Mead Therapy Center becoming a greater community resource by drawing increased interest from Southwest Florida doctors and their patients in need of various forms of physical rehabilitation services,” says Gray.
The Lodge at Cypress Cove is one Southwest Florida’s premier skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities offering 64 private suites for individuals requiring long and short-term health and medical support.
Photo: Mrs. Walter Mead, center, commemorates opening of The Mead Therapy Center at The Lodge. The 3,500 square foot state of the art physical therapy and rehabilitation – open to both the general public and Cypress Cove resident patients. The Mead Family donated $2 million towards construction and equipment for the center. Pictured with Mrs. Mead during Wednesday’s ribbon cutting are from left, Barbara Summerford of GMK Interiors,donor Devin Cunningham-Mead, Cypress Cove Health Services Director David Gray, Mrs. Walter Mead, Lee FP President Doug Dodson, R.D. Johnson Construction owner Robert Johnson and Cypress Cove Board Chair Carl Barraco. (Photo supplied by Cypress Cove)