Skilled Nursing
Kaweah Health Skilled Nursing
Skilled Nursing in Tulare County
Kaweah Health Skilled Nursing provides a pleasant, relaxed and home-like atmosphere while patients are receiving a higher level of short-term or long-term care than can be given at home.
Each person is cared for by an interdisciplinary team which may include:
- A physician
- Nursing staff
- A social worker
- A pharmacist
- Physical, speech and occupational therapists
- Activity coordinators
For more information please call (559) 624-4682 or (559) 624-6080.
Transitional Care (Short-term, Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital)
The Transitional Care at Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital is a 16-bed skilled nursing unit that supports short stay patients in need of therapy services. This could include patients recovering from surgery, patients who are debilitated from an acute illness or infection.
Our primary focus is to provide customized therapy sessions, medical treatments and nursing care that will help meet your optimum independence goals and return to home. Our patients are encouraged and assisted with activities of daily living, such as getting dressed and performing their own hygiene routine.
Therapies available include:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Restorative nursing care
- Activity/recreational therapy
We specialize in working together with the patient and family to develop a treatment plan to achieve the best outcome for the patient. We encourage family involvement during therapy treatments and providing care for their loved one. Frequent communication with the interdisciplinary team keeps the patient, family and staff up to date with improvements and discharge plans.
Transitional Care at Kaweah Health Rehabilitation Hospital
840 South Akers Street
Visalia, CA 93277
Sub Acute Care (Long-term, Court Street)
At Kaweah Health, our Sub Acute Unit is a 32-bed long-term care unit catering to the more extensive disabled patients with medical assistance devices such as a ventilator and/or artificial feeding device. Each patient's room is set up to be as much like home as possible with memorabilia available to use renaissance in daily therapy. There is around the clock nursing care with registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and certified nursing assistants. Restorative nursing assistants accommodate physical therapy for ongoing treatments as necessary.
Therapies available include:
- Respiratory therapy
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Activity/recreational therapy
Sub Acute Care
1633 S. Court Street
Visalia, CA 93277