Lanier Rehabilitation Center has 120 beds, takes Medicare and Medicaid, and operates as a for-profit nursing home, and the entire building is wheelchair accessible, with air conditioning to keep everyone comfortable. The place's got private and semi-private rooms for residents, a lobby dining area for meals or visits, as well as restrooms and customer parking, though the facts don't mention much else about other services or amenities. There's a rehabilitation gym on the premises, with therapy services available up to seven days a week, and a Telemedicine program that uses portable equipment so doctors can check in on the residents remotely, which is useful for people who have trouble getting out. Lanier also offers a Post COVID-19 Recovery Program for those coming out of the hospital after COVID, and some specialty clinical programs meant to help people get better sooner, since those include more staff training and education, and for residents who need full-time care, there are inpatient stays available, while folks recovering from a hospital visit can do short-term stays and still get 24-hour nursing and therapy.
However, the place has received a fair number of citations and complaints over the years, including being reviewed by a registered nurse and legal nurse consultant with a lot of experience in elder care and lawsuits involving malpractice, who found several problems with the care given. State inspections have cited Lanier for not keeping up with safety or quality requirements, such as failing to consult with doctors when residents' situations changed, failing to create infection care plans for people coming in with infections, and not putting together pressure ulcer prevention plans for residents who are most at risk. Inspectors have also found the staff sometimes give medications more than an hour off from the scheduled times, which doesn't meet medication safety standards, and that injuries that happen during care, like in the shower, don't always get written down. There have been fines for not filing incident reports, poor healthcare, improper medication handling, and not following infection control rules, and sometimes families aren't told of changes to their loved one's health. Lawsuits and more inspection citations have followed for similar reasons, like not enough nurses-Lanier has scored 2 out of 5 stars for their staffing hours per patient-so some residents and families have reported that care can be lacking.
