Palatka Center for Rehabilitation and Healing

Palatka Center for Rehabilitation and Healing sits at 110 Kay Larkin Drive in Palatka, Florida, and serves as both a skilled nursing facility and a place focused on rehabilitation and healing, and the place does this by having 180 certified beds and usually about 151 residents staying each day, which is quite a few folks to keep track of, and you'll find a dedicated team of healthcare professionals there, including therapists, physicians, nurses, dietitians, social workers, and physiatrists, all working together to help people recover from illness, surgery, and sometimes they're just there for long-term care, doing their best to treat everyone like family in a warm, therapeutic environment that tries to feel like home despite being a healthcare center. Nursing care runs around the clock, and a full-time registered nurse and physician are always on staff, with help for meals, personal hygiene, and medication dispensing given every day, and if therapy is needed-like physical, occupational, or speech therapy-they have that available too, using strength training and endurance equipment to support recovery, which helps especially for folks needing short-term rehabilitation, and for those who need to stay longer, there are restorative and long-term care services designed to be compassionate and focused on helping everyone live as fully and independently as possible. The center's managed by a local Board of Managers, and it's operated by Solaris HealthCare, affiliated with Infinite Care, and it provides various care types, all customized to meet the needs of the Palatka community, and it takes most major insurance plans. There are amenities for comfort and convenience, and the team tries to make the place as homelike as possible with personalized care plans, but folks should know that the center's had some care planning and pharmacy service deficiencies in past inspections, like not always carrying out complete care plans or making sure a licensed pharmacist reviewed drug regimens every month, and there have been 32 total deficiencies, including four tied to infection control, with nurse turnover at 53.8%-higher than the state average-and the nursing staff puts in about 3.47 hours per resident per day, a little below average for the state. Tours can be scheduled if families want to see the facility, and services are often adjusted based on what's needed by those living there, but the focus stays on rehabilitation, healing, and giving everyone a safe place to recover or make a new start, and all of that makes it a community-based healthcare center working to meet the needs of its residents.