Gulf Health Care Center - Galveston

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Our staff understands that choosing a health care facility is a new experience for our patients and their families and we are sensitive to the importance of helping new patients feel welcome and at home. Patients and their families are included in the important decision-making process of care planning. And we encourage patients to pursue interests, and activities that encourage a meaningful, fulfilling lifestyle.

Our team of health care professionals is led by a licensed administrator and includes our medical director, consultant pharmacist and consultant dietician. From the director of nurses and our rehabilitation staff, to the activity director and social worker, our staff works to address the special needs of each patient.

Our rehabilitation unit features a separate focus. Our fully-equipped, rehabilitation gym is staffed by physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists. While many of our patients are able to return home, our goal is to get every patient functioning at their highest level and capability.

Services

Skilled Nursing

Southwest LTC strives to offer the very best care at each of our facilities. We feature skilled nursing and rehabilitative care, as well as traditional long-term care services.

Skilled nursing is for those residents who need 24-hour nursing care and those who are in short-term rehabilitation following a hospital stay. Rehabilitation is also provided as needed on both a long and short-term basis. We offer a wide range of services and amenities, from spiritual care to daily activities and pharmacy services.

Each skilled nursing resident will receive an individualized treatment plan designed for optimum recovery. Goals are set for each resident by an interdisciplinary team comprised of the resident and/or family members, the participant's physician and our health-care professionals. Weekly team meetings are held to review the progress of the resident and re-evaluate the treatment plan.

Rehabilitation Centers

Our facilities keep a focus on rehabilitation therapy. Each facility is staffed with speech therapists, physical therapists and occupational therapists that routinely screen our patients to see of they can be assisted by therapy. With a focus on geriatric patients, our therapy departments have expertise assisting patients who have had strokes or fractures recover and return to their homes. For our long-term patients the rehabilitation team is able to regularly assess them to help maintain function and ability. Through day-to-day contact our staff get to know patients? abilities and habits, enabling them to make rapid assessments and timely interventions.

Once the goals have been achieved or the team determines the resident is no longer progressing, the patient will be discharged home or to an environment that will best meet their needs.

Pharmacy

Our facilities offer pharmacy delivery 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with an on-call pharmacist available at all times. Through our pharmacy delivery service, Medicare and Medicaid are billed directly, making receipt of much-needed medication more convenient for our patients.

Spiritual Care

As we always emphasize, it is imperative that we take care of our residents' physical and emotional needs, but caring for their spiritual side is equally important.

Our program offers a non-denominational, all-inclusive approach to spiritual care. Residents benefit from a wide range of religious services with complete freedom of religious worship. The program offers a comprehensive spiritual plan that provides a range of opportunities for our residents to participate in structured and non-structured worship and faith-based counseling activities.

Amenities

Living Arrangements

We offer the finest in living environments and services, featuring:

• A variety of private and semi-private rooms
• Individual emergency call systems
• Adaptive bathing facilities
• Daily housekeeping and laundry services
• Multiple outdoor courtyards

Dining

Good-tasting, wholesome food and a pleasant dining experience is an important aspect of quality of life.

• Three balanced, delicious meals prepared each day according to the resident's needs and preferences
• Scheduled in-between meal snacks

Personal Services

A variety of services are available to help with daily needs:

• Assistance with daily living activities such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and medication management
• Barber/beauty salon
• Numerous scheduled activities designed to maintain and enhance quality of life
• Private van service available for group activities and medical appointments