Nursing Services
Our highly skilled nurses provide the best quality care. Their skills are only half the picture. Each nurse is a gentle and caring person, with genuine concern for each resident.
The following skilled nursing services are available at Elm Crest Manor:
- Director of Nursing oversees all aspects of healthcare within the facility
- Individualized resident care plan treatments
- Dementia care
- Wound care
- Enteral feeding program
- Catheter care
- Colostomy Care
- Ileostomy Care
- Nutrition & hydration programs
- Medication management & education
- Diabetic management & education
- Restorative nursing
- Pain management
- Hospice program
- Bowel & bladder programs
- Model environment for nurse training
- In-house, on-going continued learning courses for nursing and CNA’s
- Transportation services
Alzheimer’s Care
Our nurses work with the resident’s family to create a comfortable environment including simple routines and visual cues as a positive substitute for diminishing mental processes.
Diabetes Management
Our experienced nurses provide help with all aspects of managing diabetes including:
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Insulin administration and tracking
- Menu planning, education and more
Restorative Nursing Program
At Elm Crest Manor we seek to maximize the quality of life for our long-term care population, who require a specialized restorative program.
Our therapy team and nursing staff develop individualized treatment plans for resident care in the areas of:
- Ambulation
- Range of motion
- Activities of daily living
- Positioning and alignment
- Skin integrity and wound management
- Contracture management
- Bowel and bladder training
- Rehabilitative and social dining
- Strengthening and restraint reduction
Dietary Program
Our dietary program is designed to meet the dietary and physician-ordered needs of each resident in our care.
To ensure that each resident is receiving the proper nutritional needs we offer:
- Meals to meet specific dietary and therapeutic needs, according to physician orders
- Oral supplements, as prescribed by each physician
- Regular nutritional assessments from a dietitian
