Waterside Health and Rehab Center sits on Newtown Road South in Norfolk, VA and offers a place where folks can get both skilled nursing and rehabilitation care in a fairly home-like setting that families seem to appreciate, and you notice when you visit that staff take the time to make individual care plans suited to each resident, which means someone takes care to adjust things for special medical needs or preferences, big or small. The facility's got space for 197 licensed beds, with 131 of them for long-term care, 62 for skilled nursing attention, and another 26 set up just for respiratory care, which can be important for people with breathing problems or those needing ventilator or tracheostomy support. They see folks for both short-term rehab stays and longer-term care. The senior rehab team aims to get people back on their feet and out of the hospital, and if someone has memory problems, there's dedicated memory care. Residents who need dialysis don't have to make those long trips off-site since Waterside uses on-site kidney and home dialysis services through Dialyze Direct, giving flexible schedules for folks to get treatments and still have time for rehab or visits with family, and staff say this can help with blood pressure and energy, even keeping folks out of the hospital more often according to their information.
The center's big on offering respiratory therapy, too; the respiratory team helps those with COPD, pneumonia, or neuromuscular breathing problems, and handles things like BiPAP, sleep apnea, lung disease, and even post-acute airway management or lung transplants, giving each person a plan tailored to their needs. Folks can also find respite care if their caregivers need a break, and the staff tries using telemedicine to check with doctors quickly, which can help with quick answers for any changes in health. The team takes a steady approach using the Progressive Approach to Home (PATH) program that combines rehab and medical ways to help people recover. There's also personal care help for day-to-day needs, along with assisted living and long-term support for seniors who can't live alone anymore. Daily room rates are $245 for a semi-private room and $285 for a private room. The facility is run by Saber Healthcare Group, LLC and is led by Ms. Michelle Hinners as administrator, and over 120 staff members work there full-time. Waterside Health and Rehab Center has received some recognition from the American Health Care Association for their work on quality improvement, but like most places, they use things like patient days and efficiency rankings to keep track of how things are going each year. For folks and families looking for a mix of care services in one place-especially those needing strong pulmonary, rehab, or dialysis help-Waterside helps with personalized care plans and a solid staff, keeping the focus on what each resident needs most.
