Kennedy Health System has broke ground for its planned $12.5 million subacute-care addition at the Kennedy Health Care Center in Sewell, N.J. recently. The two-story, 44,000-square-foot addition will add 60 subacute-care beds at the center and allow the facility to provide a full range of inpatient rehabilitative services, with a special focus on patients requiring orthopedic and cardiac follow-up. Subacute care is defined as comprehensive inpatient care designed for someone who has an acute illness, injury, or exacerbation of a disease process. Subacute care is typically more intensive than traditional nursing facility care, but less than acute care provided in a hospital setting. When the addition is completed during the summer of 2010, the South Jersey health center will grow to 190 beds from 130 beds. The center's existing 30-bed subacute unit will be converted to long-term-care beds. (Philadelphia Business Journal, 10/20/2009)

Subaru of America Inc. announced recently that sales last month rose by 40 percent. The Cherry Hill, N.J. based company sold 18,169 vehicles in October, up from 12,917 a year earlier. Sales of the vehicles were led by the Outback wagon, which was redesigned for the 2010 model year. The company sold 6,451 Outbacks, up 175 percent from 2,348 in October 2008. A gain of 13 percent was registered by the Forester five-seat SUV. Subaru of America is owned by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan. The company maintained sales levels as the major carmakers' numbers plummeted during the depths of the recession. (Philadelphia Business Journal, 11/3/2009)

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