Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital

Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital sits on State Route 54 in Bath, New York, and serves the Elmira area and its nearby communities with a 35-bed acute care hospital and a 120-bed skilled nursing facility called the Fred and Harriett Taylor Health Center, all on the same campus, which helps because you don't have to go far if you need more help as your needs change, and the place has affiliated hospitals and specialists, including the Associated Radiologists of the Finger Lakes, P.C., who manage a large range of radiology services like diagnostic imaging, MRI, CAT scans, PET CT, mammography, neuro procedures, nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds, which helps people get answers about their health more quickly, and you'll find they offer other big healthcare services too, since doctors there include family medicine, neurology, internal medicine, psychiatry, orthopedics, OB-GYN, dentistry, urology, and more, with therapists and nurses who can help with occupational, physical, speech and swallowing therapy, as well as rehab for people who had surgery, illness, or injury, and if someone you know has memory issues, the place provides care and programs for people with Alzheimer's and dementia along with long-term skilled nursing for those who need 24-hour help, and they also run adult day programs for people who need a safe day setting but still live at home at night, plus nutritional counseling, pain management, dental care, and short-term rehab, while inside, you'll see that staff focus on explaining medicines, listening to concerns, and making sure everyone understands what to do after a hospital stay, and the hospital's got a busy emergency room and intensive care unit, and they keep track of hospital quality stats, like infection rates, falls, and patient feedback about cleanliness, quiet rooms, or how well nurses respond, along with detailed records about surgeries, including angioplasty, cataract, joint replacements, and shoulder operations, and if you check the patient portal, you can see test results, pay bills, or download your records, while the place takes major insurance, private pay, or Medicaid-for folks who need help, there's a Medicaid advocate who helps with applications and recertification, and there's always staff cleaning, doing laundry, serving meals, and trying to keep residents active with activities that match what they like or what's good for them, and if you're curious about health, the hospital provides a lot of information, quizzes, and guides about a wide range of topics like heart disease, diabetes, mental health, nutrition, asthma, stroke, and even less common things like epilepsy or long COVID through podcasts or news, so people can keep learning no matter their age, and while the facility has a lab draw station-sometimes it closes temporarily-they try to provide what people need, and they don't make a big fuss about awards or costs, but they do offer tours and applications so families can see the rooms and meet the staff if they want.