RSH Architects was commissioned to provide additions and alterations to White-Cliff Nursing Home, a one hundred and thirty-four (134) bed long term care facility, licensed by the PA Department of Heath.  The facility was comprised of a series of one and two story additions connected to an original one story nursing home.

The project consists of a 10,000 square foot, one story additions and renovations expand the facility by twenty-eight (28) beds to a total of one hundred and sixty-two (162) beds.  The addition provides a new entrance, administrative offices, twenty four additional beds in twelve new and twelve new resident rooms, as well as nurses' stations, a grand lounge, and personal care room.  Renovations to the existing nursing home consists of all new floor and wall finishes, new lighting, redesign of the dietary department, expanded therapy spaces, and conversion of one nursing wing into an Alzheimer unit.

The facility sits on a wooded site in rural Greenville, PA.  The addition's exterior is sympathetic with the existing facility, and uses contemporary forms to recall traditional resort buildings of the Pennsylvania mountains.  Exterior shapes reflect spaces housed within.  The steep roof colonnaded structure defines the entrance to the facility.  The opposing barrel vaulted wing houses the grand lounge, with resident rooms in the connecting low roof wing.  Generous windows, vaulted ceilings, and clerestories create an airy, open quality.  In public areas, bold colors were used, providing an upbeat environment for the residents and their families.  The strong colors are an aid in way-finding for the elderly residents, in addition to their uplifting psychological impact.