Sandy Health & Rehabilitation sits in Sandy, UT, close to the East Jordan Canal, with restaurants, shopping centers, grocery stores, coffee shops, pharmacies, and Alta View Hospital nearby, and you'll find specialists like Utah Vein Specialists and urgent care just around the corner, so if someone needs medical attention or community outings, everything's fairly close. The place lies inside a Continuing Care Retirement Community, which means folks can move between assisted living, nursing care, rehab, and even Alzheimer's care or short-term rehab while staying in the same spot, which some find calming because they don't have to pack up and ship out when their health changes. The facility has 141 certified beds, with about 93 residents a day, but only 47 beds are licensed as of June 2025. Sandy Health & Rehabilitation offers skilled nursing, assisted living, post-acute rehab, transitional care at places like Aspen Ridge Transitional Rehab and Pine View Transitional Rehab, and special programs for veterans through George E Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home, so the care reaches a broad range of health needs from help with bathing to wound care, IV therapy, medication management, tracheostomy care, diabetic monitoring and training, orthopedic and fracture rehab, speech, occupational, physical therapy, and even cardiac recovery or tube feeding for folks with more serious needs, and if someone's nearing end of life, hospice and respite care are there too. The facility has private suites, large private and semi-private rooms, furnished recovery suites, and lots of outdoor spaces like walking paths, gardens, patios, and safe, easy walking routes; inside there's a therapy gym over 1,600 square feet, activity rooms, game rooms, a movie theater, music programs, a spa/wellness room, a library, a computer station for the internet, resident-run activities, and fitness programs, and every room has its own private bathroom, air conditioning, Wi-Fi/high-speed internet, cable TV, telephone, and kitchenettes, which some people like for privacy and convenience when families visit. Laundry, housekeeping, dry cleaning, transportation and parking, beauty salon/barber shop services, a private dining room, and even a newspaper service are part of daily life, and meals come in a community dining room or restaurant-style, made by a professional chef, with meals for special diets including diabetes, allergies, or other health concerns.
Sandy Health & Rehabilitation is owned by a government-hospital district with Cascades Healthcare managing some interests, and it's one of several care centers under the Utah Health Care Association, like Canyon Rim Care Center, Heritage Care Center, and Sunrise at Holladay, so there's a network for care and oversight, and they've set up resident and family councils to voice concerns and try to improve things from inside. The facility lets people use Medicare, Medicaid, and even has Medicaid-Pending acceptance, so people with different incomes have ways to cover care. While the amenities and care choices are wide, the facility's had problems flagged by inspectors: there have been 71 deficiencies total in inspection reports, including five in a complaint report from August 15, 2024, and two relate to infection control, as well as serious citations for elder abuse, issues with honoring residents' rights to a safe, clean, homelike place (F0584), and cases where care didn't match doctor's orders or residents' wishes (F0684), plus an accident prevention deficiency (F0689) that actually caused harm but did not put lives in immediate danger. There was a fine of $34,710 after the complaint, and the facility has struggled with a nurse turnover rate higher than average at 73.8%, and while the staff puts in 3.01 nurse hours per resident per day, the state average is 4.1, so there are times when help may be less available, though there's always 24-hour supervision and a call system in place to manage emergencies or get quick help. Sandy Health & Rehabilitation is currently a Special Focus Facility Candidate, which signals serious ongoing quality concerns, but it hasn't been formally flagged or dropped by the government. For those looking for rehabilitation after surgery, or longer stays in a skilled nursing or assisted living facility, Sandy Health & Rehabilitation has a lot of services and comfortable spaces, but it's just as important to look closely at the state inspection reports and talk over the care details with staff and family councils to see if it's the kind of place that fits a person's needs and expectations.
