Fayette Medical Center Long Term Care Unit

Fayette Medical Center Long Term Care Unit sits within a hospital that's been part of the DCH Health System since 1984, and it has 122 certified beds, usually caring for about 88 residents each day, with 4.56 nurse hours per resident per day, which is more than the state average, and the nurse turnover here stays lower than most at 32%. The management falls to The DCH Healthcare Authority, and Relias Healthcare runs the administrative side, bringing in emergency medicine doctors. This unit is focused on providing long-term care, short-term rehab, and support for folks who aren't ready to return home after a hospital stay, and it tries to take care of the physical, mental, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of everyone who stays. Residents can use therapy in physical, occupational, and speech areas-Champion Partners in Rehab helps here-and care plans get tailored to help people build back strength, balance, and independence, offering services like wound care, cardiac recovery, and stroke rehab. There's 24-hour nursing, and residents have access to a beauty shop, dental and podiatry visits, nutrition help, laundry, and activities made for different interests, all in a place that tries to feel like home. The larger hospital has 61 licensed beds and provides intensive care, a five-suite surgical area, endoscopy, eye and orthopedic surgeries weekly, swing beds for recovery, a full ER, and an array of testing services: MRI, CT scans, PET/CT appointments twice a month, nuclear medicine, mammography, lab services, respiratory care, monitoring equipment, and even a portable pacemaker. Inspections here have cited issues like not following infection control rules, deficiencies related to keeping medical records private, and problems with nutrition standards-last review showed 10 deficiencies overall, including two related to infection. Even with these challenges, Fayette Medical Center Long Term Care Unit does keep nurse staffing and turnover at better rates than the state average, and the hospital resources mean residents have easy access to more medical services if they need them.