Friedwald Center for Rehab and Nursing is an individually owned, for-profit skilled nursing facility with 180 certified beds, and most days you'll find about 171 residents living there, and they've got all kinds of services to help people with different needs, short or long, including memory loss and Parkinson's disease, and they've even got a special department for wound care, and diabetic care is something they're set up to handle, same as stroke care, nutritional counseling, and a bunch of therapies-physical, occupational, speech, and recreational-which means they try hard to help people keep up as much independence as possible, and they go so far as to run respite, hospice, subacute, and postsurgical care, plus colostomy care for those who need it, and when it comes to medications, they have rules for handling and marking insulin vials and pens. Now, their overall CMS rating comes in at 4 stars, which they say is average, though they scored 5 stars-much above average-for resident care, while they sit at 2 stars for staffing, which is below average, and 3 stars for health inspection, which is about the middle. Their staff includes registered nurses, certified assistants, home health aides, social workers, therapists, and a few volunteers, and they take precautions with PPE like face masks and gloves to cut down on risks. Housekeeping and laundry are done in-house, and they do their best to keep food safe by checking temperatures and how things are stored, including how frozen food gets thawed out to avoid problems. There's a Resident Council that helps folks talk with staff about concerns or ideas, and they try to keep in touch with families, celebrating family bonds where they can.
One thing Friedwald has that stands out is their modern Dialysis Center, which isn't what you'd expect from a hospital-it's got soft lights, gentle music, a waterfall, and a more comfortable space for people who need frequent dialysis, plus entertainment options you can control yourself, and this center works with big groups like the National Kidney Foundation and hospitals around New York, trying to make what can be an unpleasant routine into something a little more tolerable. Offsite appointments are offered with limits and they've canceled non-emergency visits when needed to keep residents safe, especially during health emergencies, and they've restricted visitors too for the same reasons. They do chemotherapy, IV antibiotics, and ostomy care through their professional nursing staff, always following policies to make things as safe as possible. They're not part of a larger retirement community or a hospital, they focus on skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and helping people get what's necessary day-to-day, and their goal as well as their mission is to provide good nursing and rehab care, with as much respect for people and their families as possible, and they seem to take that to heart, so while it's not perfect, they put steady effort into the day-to-day care and needs of residents.
