Westwood Specialty Care sits in Sioux City, Iowa, and has room for up to 85 residents in more than 50 private rooms and over 15 semi-private rooms, offering both short-term rehab for people recovering between hospital and home and long-term skilled nursing care for folks with serious or ongoing health needs like heart disease or Alzheimer's, so you'll find 24-hour nursing care there every day of the week. The facility, part of Care Initiatives which is Iowa's largest nonprofit care provider, focuses on specialty care services and provides a wide range of medical help, like medication management, pain management, wound care, orthopedic rehabilitation, bariatric care, total parenteral nutrition, and nutritional counseling, and it helps with daily needs through home making services and personal care, always keeping things as home-like as possible for comfort. Rehab therapy plays a big role at Westwood Specialty Care, where staff develop rehab-to-home and other therapy programs so people can get back on their feet, using services like physical, occupational, and speech therapy offered both as inpatient and outpatient care, and residents benefit from therapy staff along with registered nurses, LPNs, CNAs, dieticians, pharmacists, and feeding assistants on site.
Meals and snacks are provided, and a full-time social worker helps residents and families manage the ups and downs of care, while staff also arrange activities and social programs to keep everyone engaged, trying to create an active lifestyle and positive social environment. Hospice and respite care services are available too, covering people who need a break or end-of-life care as well as therapy and longer-term needs, and everything is open 24 hours for convenience, though the main office is open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. The building doesn't have a Resident Council but does have a Family Council, and it doesn't offer telehealth or operate as a CCRC, but Medicare and Medicaid are accepted. While Westwood Specialty Care has a strong record in nursing care, with good staffing and therapy hours per patient, the facility's overall historical ratings are well below average, so families may want to review recent inspection results and care details carefully. Residents from Woodbury County and nearby communities can check details or care options through the Care Initiatives website, and with a staff of over 100 people dedicated to offering personalized and compassionate care, the goal remains creating a comfortable place that supports healing, independence, and daily wellness, even though the overall score is low compared to other facilities.
