Golden Legacy Care Center

Golden Legacy Care Center is a very large senior care facility that takes resident safety seriously and has safety features throughout, and you'll find staff who know what elders need, since they're trained specifically for elder care, and the staff provides care all day and night, including services for memory care, and they help with daily living needs like bathing or getting dressed, and there are common rooms for people to talk and spend time together if they wish. The center makes plans for each resident's care so people get what suits them best, and the building has different things to help residents feel comfortable, and there are specialized services such as help with speech, stroke recovery, antibiotics through IV, dental needs, wound care, pain management, physical therapy, heart therapy, counseling for nutrition, pharmacy, lab work, and also care for tracheotomy, mental health, podiatry, vision and hearing, colostomy, orthopedic needs, and catheter care, and there's therapy for the lungs, and occupational therapy, and help after hospital stays. Golden Legacy Care Center accepts Medicare and Medicaid payments and is a for-profit corporation, and there's a website for basic information, although a technical issue seems to prevent certain details right now. The center has both a resident council and a family council so voices can be heard. Nurses cover about half an hour per resident each day and there's a low rate of anti-psychotic and anti-anxiety medication usage, a strong focus on vaccinations since nearly all residents are vaccinated for pneumonia and flu, a relatively low percentage of residents deal with depression or urinary tract infections, and the center has kept major fall injuries at zero, although pressure ulcers have been reported in about 22 percent of patients. The center has a hospitalization rate of 0.03 per 1,000 resident days, and 18 percent of short-term residents are rehospitalized, while 18 percent stay mobile over time and about 14 percent end up needing more help as time goes on. Transportation is available for medical needs and errands, and there are homemaking services provided for those who need them. The center offers many levels of care, like independent living, assisted living, respite care, nursing home care, care homes, hospice, continuing care retirement options, and inpatient rehabilitation.