St. Edna Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center sits at 1929 N Fairview St in Santa Ana, California, and has 144 certified beds with an average of about 134 residents each day, so it's a fairly busy place where you'll see lots of movement and activity. Affiliated with Covenant Care and managed by Lance Hassell since May 2018, St. Edna offers skilled nursing, memory care, and specialized sub-acute and rehabilitation services, with care and recovery features geared toward people who need short-term and long-term stays after injuries, illness, or surgery. Residents get services from a staff that includes nurses, CNA's, physical therapists, and activities staff, all working together to help people recover or improve their daily living, although nursing care hours here average 4.01 per resident per day, which is below the state's norm, and staff turnover among nurses runs a bit high at 46.2%.
St. Edna focuses on rehabilitation care with physical, speech, and occupational therapy provided up to seven days a week. The facility uses state-of-the-art equipment and sets up programs like balance and fall recovery, stroke recovery, contracture management, continence improvement, orthopedic-fracture recovery, cardiac recovery, respiratory specialty care, wound care and skin management, and pain management. Residents come here for conditions such as strokes, knee and hip replacements, brain injuries, amputations, Parkinson's disease, arthritis, orthopedic injuries, and multiple sclerosis. The Center delivers both IV and enteral therapies, wound care, respiratory monitoring, infusion therapies, and pain management, plus specialized services like hospice care, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN/PPN), tracheostomy care, and both stable and new ostomy care. The team also supports dental and optometry needs, diabetic management, and offers contracture and fall management.
The Center keeps a nurses' station going 24/7, admits new residents at any hour, and holds weekly rehab conferences to help tailor care plans to individual needs. Extra services like outpatient therapy, interdisciplinary walking rounds, and discharge planning with caregiver training help people prepare for going home. The dining room serves meals that aim to be both fresh and balanced, and structured activities add interest to daily life. Speech therapy is available for communication and swallowing issues, and occupational therapy helps residents master daily tasks.
Ownership belongs directly to Covenant Care California, LLC and Covenant Care, LLC, but there's also indirect ownership from Centre Capital Investors V, LP and several others. There's been a history of 87 total deficiencies documented by inspections, including 11 infection-control issues, and recent complaint reports show where improvement's been needed, such as safe dialysis care and comprehensive care planning, though no serious harm has been found, only potential. Even with these challenges, St. Edna pushes ahead with its goal of providing rehabilitation and support for people needing more help after a hospital stay or those with ongoing complex needs, under the eye of medical directors or attending doctors and a team of skilled nurses, therapists, and support staff ready around the clock.
