Casitas Care Center

Casitas Care Center sits in Granada Hills, California, and since 1967, has offered 24-hour skilled nursing care to people from the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valley areas, and when you walk in you'll see a comfortable lobby and outdoor gardens, which give the place a lived-in, calm feeling, and when you get to the care part, you see they've got 99 beds and a team of nurses, physical, occupational, and speech therapists on hand, so they can help people recover from surgery, illness, or injury. The staff focuses on services like help with pain management, wound care with weekly rounds from Vohera Wound Group, and IV administration by registered nurses, plus they use a set of modern therapeutic tools like VitalStim, E-Stim, Ultrasound, Diathermy, and Elite Omnicycle for therapy sessions so folks can heal and try to get back on their feet. This center covers a wide range of care, handling orthopedic and stroke rehabilitation, cardiovascular and complex medical cases, and they do short-term physical or occupational therapy to help people get strong enough to go home. They've got recreational aides that keep residents engaged, and a social services department, with staff like Cindy and Katia, who help residents keep in touch with their families and manage life's details. The therapy programs get personalized for each person, with speech therapy for communication or swallowing problems, occupational therapy for movement and strength, and physical therapy for balance and mobility. Nurses and aides are there to answer questions, adjust care, and make sure everyone feels heard, and you get the sense that the staff wants residents and their families to feel comfortable and supported during hard times. Visits are welcome every day between 9 am and 6 pm, and while office hours aren't clearly listed, staff are usually able to talk or answer questions. English is the main language, but some staff speak other languages too. They're a skilled nursing facility first, and while they offer memory care and resources for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, the cost for those services can be much higher and depends on the level and stage of care needed, and some people use programs like Medicaid or Medicare to help pay. When there's no availability, people are asked to call and check back. Facility profiles can be shared or downloaded, and Casitas Care Center keeps the focus on helping people heal with care and dignity, in a place that takes recovery seriously.