Hillside Rehab and Healthcare Center

Hillside Rehab and Healthcare Center sits at 1265 McLaran Avenue in St. Louis, MO and works mainly with seniors who need skilled nursing, long-term care, and rehab services, and offers things like registered nurse and aide care every day, making sure someone's around even overnight, and there's always a nurse on site, day and night, and they count up at least 3.45 hours of daily nursing care per resident, mixing both nurse and aide time together, although their nurse hours are a little lower than the state's average and their nurse turnover rate's higher than most, but they do have CNAs, regular nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech rehab, along with special touches like medication help, wound care, dental and podiatry visits, optometry and audiology, mental health care, and counseling. Residents pick private or semi-private rooms with prices that go from about $3,500 to $8,500 a month, and their rooms and halls have homey decor, nice layouts, good lighting, safety bars, wheelchair accessibility, and a full sprinkler system for fire safety. There's usually about 147 residents using 208 certified beds, and they've got the basic amenities seniors need, like meals, snacks, laundry, daily housekeeping, and outings, plus things like wifi, cable TV, a dining room, game room, internet, kitchens, washers and dryers, guest parking, salon, and fitness center, and Hillside even runs activities most days, including crafts, health and wellness groups, educational programs, and group socials. Transportation for medical visits or outings is available, and the staff helps with dressing, bathing, getting around, and other daily needs, because a lot of the folks there need extra help with personal care, so that's part of the daily routine. They set up tours and assessments to make care plans fit what each resident needs, whether it's long-term skilled nursing or just a short rehab stay, and Hillside accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and many insurances, which some seniors find important when money is tight. Now, it's also true that state inspectors have found some issues here in the past, and Hillside has a history of deficiencies including not following care plans, problems with pain management, and needing to do more on pressure ulcer care-once even rated as causing actual harm to a resident-although there were no times noted as immediate jeopardy, but they're also listed as a Special Focus Facility Candidate, which means government agencies keep a special eye on places that've had repeated quality problems. Owners include Mo Operation Holdings LLC and related groups like Ama Holdings LLC and Def Holdings LLC, which hold interests in how the place is run, but details on actual daily management aren't very public, though the administrator's named Odette Martin. Folks moving in will find daily life shaped by a handpicked staff, who try to be warm and caring, and Hillside's focus stays on health and safety in a place that feels comfortable and secure, with programs for both the body and mind, and a big curriculum of activities and services to suit seniors needing both medical care and help with the day-to-day.