The Continuous Care Center within Wheeling Hospital, managed by WVU Medicine, sits in a convenient neighborhood near the Advanced Family Practice clinic and stands as a large, three-story, 107,000-square-foot nursing care facility that offers 144 private patient rooms, though only 28 are certified as of June 2025. The place mainly serves people who need ongoing, comprehensive, and sometimes specialized care, whether long-term or for rehabilitation between hospital and home. It belongs to a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), meaning it provides different housing options and levels of care depending on what a person needs at the time. Many people go there for skilled nursing or for dealing with serious medical conditions, and the staff supports patients with 24-hour supervision, help with medications, bathing, dressing, and transfers, plus they have pharmacy services and nutritional counseling on hand.
People staying there find it has modern features, like a chapel, healing garden, two landscaped courtyards, two activity rooms, five dining rooms, five patient/family lounges, a spa with hair salon and jet tub, and a full physical therapy center. Residents can take part in scheduled daily activities, music programs, arts and crafts, movie nights, and resident-run programs, and there are extra spaces-like the dining room, movie theater, library, outdoor areas, and activity rooms-for recreation and social time. Each resident gets a private room with a bathroom, cable TV, kitchenette, phone, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and furniture. Dining services let people eat at almost any time in a restaurant-style setting, with menu options for special diets like allergies or diabetes. Housekeeping, move-in help, laundry service, concierge support, outdoor programs, fitness room, walking paths, garden, and spa/wellness rooms add to comfort.
For medical needs, the facility has a team of trained nurses and health professionals, provides between 12-16 hours of nursing support a day, and coordinates care using advanced electronic health records, which helps keep everything organized. There's urgent and primary care, chronic disease management, rehabilitation, and health screening. The staff can help with almost everything a resident might need day or night, and family members can visit easily thanks to good transportation and parking. The healing garden and outdoor areas are made for relaxation.
The Continuous Care Center is owned by a non-profit church group and is part of the wider WVU Medicine health system, which can help with connections to specialists or other services. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted. The facility is called patient- and family-friendly and stands out for being new and modern for the area. Nurse staffing gives about 4.33 hours per resident per day, which is more than the state average, though the nurse turnover rate is a bit higher than the state average at 50.5%. Some areas have had deficiencies, such as in mental health screening (PASARR), how injuries or declines get reported to families, following treatment orders, infection control, and quality of life, with potential for harm even if none happened. Still, the building makes an effort to support both physical health and comfort, and offers a variety of services in one place, aiming for a practical, safe, and well-equipped environment for long-term care.
