Heritage Care Center sits over on 4401 N Hanley Rd in St. Louis, MO, where they've got 120 beds and help both seniors and adults with serious mental illness who also have medical needs, and folks find they face all sorts of health problems, so the staff, who work around the clock, pays attention to needs with skilled nursing, wound care, therapies like physical, speech, occupational, and even IV therapy if someone needs it, and for people coming right from the hospital, they handle post-surgical care, bariatric, tracheotomy, tube feeding, and there's support for dialysis and high-acuity needs too, so one can see there's a wide range of care. In addition, there's a unit focused on Medicare patients offering the types of rehab that help after surgeries or illness, and the center has both long-term and short-term care, such as respite care for families who might need a break, and hospice for those near the end of life. Rooms come fully furnished, with private bathrooms, wheelchair-accessible showers, air conditioning, cable, and kitchenettes, so there's some comfort built in, and people either pay privately or use Medicare or Medicaid.
Heritage Care Center encourages folks to stay active and involved, so every day activities are planned-sometimes by the residents themselves-like games, crafts, trips, and even classes to keep people busy and connected, and the staff tries to make sure there's something for everyone, including memory care, which has special programs to help with memory loss and extra safety measures. Community spaces are available, with a fitness room if someone feels up to exercise, gardens, outdoor areas, a beauty salon, a library, a computer center, and a big dining room. One can even get services like laundry, housekeeping, linen changes, help arranging transportation, and there's always someone at the concierge desk, and the staff helps with personal care, medication management, and other daily needs. Licensed nurses supervise care all day, every day, and therapists and other professionals visit, such as dietitians, psychiatrists, dentists, podiatrists, and primary care doctors, while lab and X-ray services get handled as needed, which gives a bit more peace of mind to residents and their families.
Heritage Care Center runs as both a Care Home and a nursing care facility, and there's a policy to not discriminate for any reason, whether that's age, color, disability, or anything else, and so the place feels respectful to most backgrounds. The center lets residents-both women and, based on one source, men too-join the community if they need skilled nursing, memory, or even psychiatric care, and the reviewers online haven't given it the highest marks, with a rating that sits at 1.6 out of 16 reviews, so it's worth asking lots of questions if someone decides to look into it. Folks looking for a community that lets them live as independently as possible, with staff always at hand and many types of therapy and activity, might find what they need here, and there's always an effort to offer a clean place, with meals, haircuts, and plenty of ways to socialize and stay busy-even those with high needs get the help they require, and the overall setup's been managed by Reliant Care Management Company, LLC, with oversight by the Missouri Health Care Association.
