Construction on a 74-bed personal care home should begin in a month after developers received the necessary approval from Scranton's planning commission.

At a special meeting Wednesday, the commission unanimously approved the land development plan submitted by Senior Health Care Solution principal partners, Michael P. Kelly and Susan Keefer, and their architect/engineer Mike Probst with Keystone Consulting.

Construction on the $6 million project is slated to be complete in August 2013, according to Mr. Kelly.

The new personal care home will be located at 2471 Boulevard Ave., next to Senior Health Care Solution's skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, and will be focused on providing comfortable living for the independent elderly when it opens, Mr. Kelly said,

"It's for the elderly who don't really need skilled nursing," Mr. Kelly said after the meeting.

He said residents of the home will pay between $1,400 and $2,200 a month. The personal care home will offer meals, maid services and will have nurses on staff to help administer medication, among other duties, he added.

At Wednesday's meeting, Mr. Probst told planning commission members that all zoning, ordinance, land development conditions and recommendations have been met by the group.

Commission member John Kennedy moved to approve the project and member Betsey Moylan seconded.

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Scranton Planning Commission approves construction of personal care home