Avantara Palos Heights

Avantara Palos Heights sits in a quiet part of Palos Heights and provides care for older adults at many stages, whether someone lives on their own, needs some assistance, or needs a lot of support, like skilled nursing, memory care, and short stays after a hospital visit, and they've got a team of experienced nurses, therapists, doctors, and social workers who work together to help with almost everything from daily tasks like dressing or taking medicines to more complicated needs like wound care, dialysis, post-transplant care, and therapies for orthopedic issues or heart problems, with special attention if a person's memory's slipping away, because their memory care unit takes a careful, whole-person approach for folks with Alzheimer's or dementia. This place has rooms and suites that look a bit like a nice hotel, spacious layouts, and big community areas where you can eat, join an activity, or just sit and visit, all in an atmosphere that's meant to be peaceful and healing; plus, they have a big rehab gym with modern equipment for physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and they offer a lot of these therapy services every day of the week if needed. Therapists and nurses often visit residents if something like specialized wound care or pain management needs to be done, and the staff are known for taking the time to give personal attention and follow detailed recovery plans, with a high number of therapists available for each patient, so people don't have to wait long to get help or use the equipment they need. Their care options include support for cardiac rehab, complex medical needs, IVs, nutrition through TPN, and even infection and post-surgery needs, with programs set up for both short visits and longer stays, all under oversight by board-certified geriatric doctors and certified wound care nurses. They handle home assessments, so if someone needs help setting up their own place after rehab, they'll send folks out to check what's needed and arrange equipment, and their focus on real-world skill-building helps people get ready to return home and stay independent when possible, but even those who will stay longer get help for day-to-day needs, social events, meals, laundry, and connections with outside services like home care, hospice, and support groups. While Avantara Palos Heights isn't accredited by verification standards and doesn't offer telehealth services, they do offer on-site and in-person care seven days a week, and you can usually expect not just friendly faces but a group of people who try to answer questions and work to keep everything running smoothly, and although the facility is pretty new to the area, they're adding improvements and seem set up to provide a supportive, calm place for seniors who need advanced care along with the comforts of a place that feels a bit like home.