Features

Monica Morris , Administrator (right) wih her staff members

We offer quality services in a caring environment

  • Modem furnished, private and semi-private rooms
  • Highly trained staff
  • Post hospital care
  • TV and nutritional therapy
  • Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy
  • Dietary services - consultant registered dietitian
  • Assistance with admissions
  • Social services
  • Discharge planning
  • Admissions arranged 7 days a week
  • Activities tailored to residents specific needs and interests
  • Medical, Medicaid, BC/BS and long-term care insurance, are all acceptable payment sources

Resident Services

Physician Services

Each resident's healthcare plan is designed and directed by your personal physician or his/her designated alternate. Our Medical Director also coordinates the facility's medical services, including routine and emergency care.

Dr Azher Esho, M.D. is at our facility at least three times a week addressing the needs of our residents, ensuring they receive the utmost QUALITY care.

Doreen Badgett, R.N. is the Director of Nursing. She is responsible for coordinating residents’s care based on their needs. She is available to answer questions residents or family may have and give assurance concerning their plan of care or changes that may be happening.

Nursing Services

In order to maintain the highest physical, mental, and psychosocial well being of each resident, our facility is staffed by registered, licensed, and certified nursing personnel.

Betty Porter, L.P.N. is the facility's skin and wound specialty nurse. Betty has received special training in skin and wound care and works with our vascular surgeon Dr. Victor Ubom M.D. to improve and maintain the highest quality skin and wound care.

Social Services

Deloris Curry, M.S.W., C.S.W. is our Social Services Director and comes with 15 years of Administrative and Mental Health experience. She offers knowledge of HIV and Substance Abuse counseling. She is also experienced in individual, family, and group counseling.

Patrice Kent, B.S.W. works side by side with Deloris as they continually assess how the resident is coping and determines the appropriateness for any intervention. Social Services functions in a patient advocate role and serves in a liaison capacity to assist the resident in obtaining needed services and resources in the community.

Dental Services

Our facility will assist you in obtaining routine and emergency dental care. In addition to offering a list of dentists in the area, we will assist you in making appointments and arranging transportation to and from the dentist's office. A dentist is available to the facility in an advisory capacity.

Housekeeping and Maintenance Services

For your safety and comfort, and for a clean and pleasant environment, our facility has trained staff to provide housekeeping and maintenance services.

Laundry Services

As a convenience to you and your family, our facility offers personal laundry services (excluding dry cleaning) on a regular basis.

Recreation Services

Our facility offers a wide range of opportunities to maximize your creative self-expression, personal growth, enrichment, physical activity, and social enjoyment. Our therapeutic recreation program takes place both in the facility and the surrounding community.

Specialized Rehabilitative Therapy Services

Our goal for each resident is to obtain and or maintain their optimal level of functioning in order to meet this goal, we have available qualified therapists who offer physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, and respiratory therapy All services are provided under the written order of your attending physician.

Pharmacy Services

In addition to obtaining and administering the drugs ordered by your attending physician, the facility also offers a periodic review of you drugs by a registered pharmacist. Every resident has the right to self-administer his/her medication as long as this practice does not pose a danger to the resident or any other resident in the facility. If you are interested in finding out about the self-administration of medication program, please feel free to contact a member of the nursing staff.

Services by Independent Contractors

In addition to the above services, you may request and receive a variety of additional services provided by independent professional, some of these services Include:

  • Podiatry Services
  • Ophthalmology Services
  • X-Ray and other Diagnostic Services
  • Audiology Services
  • Laboratory Services

Financial Services

As a full-service organization, the facility will, at your request, provide the following financial services.

  • Managing the account for personal funds
  • Making disbursements from resident's funds on your behalf
  • Managing income checks and making disbursements for your nursing home care
  • Assisting in securing outside financial resources
  • Maximizing all commercial insurance benefits

The facility will not be responsible for money, checks, or other funds, which are not deposited through the resident trust fund.

You and/or your legal representative may have access to all records within twenty-four hours. Photocopies may be purchased of any or all of the records. The cost will not exceed the community standard and two work day period advance written notice must be given for the copies of these records.

Respite Care

We will care for your loved one for short period of time for various reasons.

  • Vacations
  • Illness of caregiver
  • Caregiver needs a break

Dining Services

St. James offers Restaurant style dining in a pleasantly decorated atmosphere. Our "Fine Dining atmosphere gives the residents me opportunity to be social.

Our menu service features a hot and cold food bar that allows residents to order from a variety of choices of salads, entrees, and desserts. This allows the residents to have the freedom of choice and encourages socialization.

Activities

Research on aging verifies that music, games and radio programs from the past subconsciously remind residents of the happy times in their lives, and therefore serve to increase self-esteem, appetites, and social participation.

Even when you can't be with your loved one you are never alone. That’s because our facility offers a wide variety of activities for the residents to participate in. We have bingo, arts and crafts, movies and much more. Our activity department offers, out trips for the residents that are able to attend. The casino, museums, and sporting events are just some of the out trips the resident can participate in.

Schedules are provided to the residents and family to show the full array of activities available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doreen Badgett
Director of Nursig

 

 

Betty Porter, LPN
Wound Specialty Nurse

 

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