Project
Addition to the 
Callie and John Rainey Hospice House

Client
Hospice of the Upstate
Anderson, South Carolina 

Scope
In 1998, Hospice of the Upstate opened the Callie and John Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, South Carolina, and became the state's first hospice house, a residential home dedicated to providing end-of-life care and emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families.

In 2000, only two years after opening its doors, Hospice of the Upstate began their relationship with Design South Professionals, Inc. in an endeavor to expand their existing facility, reflecting their successful record as end-of-life caregivers to those individuals unable to live peaceably in their own homes.  

The new, approximately 9,700 square feet, one story addition ties into the existing Hospice facility strategically to provide immediate and easy access to the existing central lobby, nurses station, and administrative facility.  Reflecting the peaceful, countryside farm theme intended by the existing facility, the new addition's exterior incorporates a similar vinyl-sided home style providing for a seamless transition between old and new. The new wing addition includes sixteen private patient rooms, each with a complete bathroom, multiple closets, and kitchen unit, as well as a new family room, lounge, snack area, staff break/locker room, staff toilet/shower room, separate clean and soiled linen rooms, mechanical/electrical room, and multiple storage and support areas.

Construction of new site improvements include a new 51 space parking lot, sidewalks, a new access road, and storm water management system.

Construction on the new facility began in May 2001.  During the Summer of 2002, Hospice opened their new facility to the Upstate expanding their care and service to a total of 32 patient beds.

Cost
$1,500,000

Complete
Summer 2002