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54 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • DECEMBER 3, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com buzz Pavilion at Queens rehabilitation center cuts ribbon on new renovations BY BROOKE SMITH 3,000-square-foot therapy center for rehabilitation. editorial@queenscourier.com/@queenscourier They added a new ventilator unit and doubled the dialysis center to 12 seats. They can now even Setting the tone for the Pavilion at Queen’s accommodate someone on a stretcher. Also, an standard of excellence, a ribbon-cutting ceremony eighth fl oor was created for their Chinese patients, was held to celebrate the rehabilitation center’s being sensitive to eight being a lucky number in new expansions and renovations. The evening was their culture. catered with an array of beautifully presented foods, Co-owner Gerry Fuchs believes the residents drinks and live music. should have a rehab center that duplicates what Friends of the rehabilitation and nursing center, they will need to do on their return home. staff members and health care providers gathered They even had a real Volkswagen Beetle brought for the opening of the new renovations in a night into the center to allow residents to get reaquainted themed “Your Journey Home.” with the motions of driving as well as practicing The 302-bed facility underwent a transformation entering and leaving a vehicle. of its rehab center over the course of nine weeks. “Everything we do here is centered on the residents’ The additions came after the new owners, the Fuchs health and getting them home,” said the head family, took over the Pavilion in January of this of the family, Bernard Fuchs. “Our goal is for this year. The center had previously been the William B. to be a temporary home for short term rehabilitation. Benenson Facility. We want them to be as comfortable as possible The improvements include the addition of a new while they are here, but get them back home to their loved ones where they belong.” The theme of the night “Going Home” has been so successful that the patient hospital readmission rate has declined to below 15 percent since the new ownership. This theme was apparent with the unveiling of 1 Pavilion Dr., a new “home” built inside the center with a complete kitchen, bedroom set, washer and dryer, staircase and bathroom. Residents will now be able to practice the everyday tasks they will need to return home. “We want our residents to be 100 percent focused on going home and have their eyes set on the prize and the light at the end of the tunnel,” Gerry Fuchs said. The ribbon was cut by Assemblyman David I. Weprin; Caroline Keane, vice president of case management at New York Presbyterian in Queens; Denise James, the director of case management at Flushing Hospital Medical Center; and members of the Fuchs family. Photos by Samuel Pecoraro David Freund, Joel Edelstein, Bernard Fuchs Jonathan Fuchs Assemblyman David Weprin and Gerry Fuchs Caroline Kean, director of case management at NYPQ; Denise James, director of case management for Flushing Hospital; David Weprin and Gerry Fuchs William Lang (mustache), Zach Lang and Asher Frankel Flushing Hospital guests with Jonathan Fuchs and Asher Frankel Gerry Fuchs and his wife Aliza Gerry Fuchs Dr. Ion Oltean, medical director of the Pavilion at Queens, and Robert Levine of Flushing Hospital David Freund, Bernard Fuchs and Gerry Fuchs


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