White Oak of Burlington

White Oak of Burlington sits in Burlington, North Carolina, and holds a strong place as a 160-bed skilled nursing center offering long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and independent living apartments called Oak Creek, and you'll find the staff includes Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants working around the clock, all under the supervision of a physician and managed by Newman McDade. The nursing services meet federal Medicare and Medicaid criteria, and the independent living area comes with no entrance fee, featuring spacious bedroom suites with private baths, an emergency call system, a television, and a telephone, aiming to give people a balance between freedom and security, so residents can live on their own but still know someone's there if they need help, and there's a noon meal dining program with scheduled local transportation to places in the community, along with a 24-hour emergency call system, so if something happens in the night, someone's always near. Oak Creek lets people enjoy their own apartment while joining in things like outdoor trips to Cedarock Park for disc golf, walking trails, fishing, or maybe a bite out at Prego's Italian Food or The Blend & Co., and if someone wants a haircut or new style there's an on-site beauty salon and barber shop, so folks don't have to go far for regular care. The facility gives help with everyday activities like bathing, eating, or dressing, and has safe drug storage and dispensing abilities as needed, plus there are skilled nurses around all the time for people who need more medical help, and a separate Alzheimer's unit with memory care for those with dementia. Lots of therapies go on every day, seven days a week, with services for general deconditioning, amputee recovery, back injuries, orthopedic and cardiopulmonary problems, strokes, speech language needs, and outpatient rehab, and White Oak offers special rehabilitation programs like the Accelerated Care Plus Program and many others such as dysphagia therapy, electrical stimulation, diathermy, home safety checks, prosthetics and orthotics training, wound care, family and caregiver education, and even case management and discharge planning, so transitions out of the center go as smoothly as possible for everyone involved. Each resident gets an individual care plan, worked out by an interdisciplinary team and a physician, so care matches personal needs, and there's help for all levels-whether someone needs a short rehabilitation stay or plans to settle in for the long haul, and memory care, safe transitions, and 24-hour safety systems are all there to ease some of the worries people might have about moving to a new place as they age.