The public is welcome to tour the new F.A. Jones
Physical and Occupational Therapy Center at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
An open house will be Tuesday, March 24, running from 5:30 to 7 p.m. A brief
program will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tours, demonstrations by staff, and
refreshments will be provided. A $100 gift card to Brown’s Shoe Fit will be
given away.
The F.A. Jones Physical and Occupational Therapy Center
is located on the first floor of the Ahrens Medical Arts Building, formerly the
home of GRMC’s Paul W. Ahrens Fitness Center. The new location has 3,600 square
feet compared to 2,500 square feet in the previous location. The center
features six private therapy rooms, strengthening equipment, expanded floor
space, and the therapy pool. Staffing the center are 10 occupational
therapists, physical therapists, and physical therapy assistants. The GRMC
physical therapy department had been in the same location for more than 30
years. In that time, thousands of individuals have benefitted from the highly skilled
staff who have made a positive difference in their health. This new
state-of-the-art facility complements the skills of GRMC physical and
occupational therapy professionals and brings them together in one department
for the first time.
The new facility is named in memory of Fred A. Jones,
by his family through their contribution of more than $250,000 toward the
center. Fred A. Jones served on the Grinnell Community Hospital Board of
Trustees in the 1950s and 1960s. He played an integral part in the merger of Grinnell’s
two hospitals, St. Francis Hospital and Community Hospital, to create Grinnell
General Hospital in 1967.
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