Hospital Expands Special Care Unit
The Sherman Way campus of Northridge Hospital Medical Center has opened expanded facilities for patients with terminal illnesses or Alzheimer’s disease.
At a ribbon-cutting last week, hospital and elected officials marked the opening of the Special Care Unit for Geropsychiatry and VITAS Hospice Service.
The special care unit expanded from 10 to 20 beds to meet demand from local care providers who needed a place to examine patients suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia.
“We can now evaluate them and bring them to specialists for diagnosis, treatment and stabilization,” said hospital spokeswoman Mary Ann O’Donnell.
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