Orlando Health Central Inc

Orlando health central, inc. provides long-term nursing care to our community through health central park, a 118-bed facility and the orlando health center for rehabilitation, a 110-bed facility. health central park consists of 3 neighborhoods (nursing wings) primarily providing care to long-term-care residents. the orlando health center for rehabilitation, located on the campus of orlando health - health central hospital was completed during fy19. the facility consists of 60 private rehab rooms, 40 dementia beds of which 36 are private rooms and 2 are semi-private rooms and 10 private hospice rooms being leased to cornerstone hospice, an independent provider. the dementia unit, which is a gated community, specializes in providing programs and services for alzheimer's/dementia residents. both facilities provide resident-centered care. the facilities are restraint free and provide excellent outcomes in wound care and weight management. we also provide iv therapy, hypertension management, medication management, diabetic management, dementia care, restorative nursing care and palliative care. health central park and the orlando health center for rehabilitation provide full therapy services 7 days a week. our therapy patients have excellent outcomes and after discharge usually continue their therapy as outpatients. on any given day there are approximately 50 patients in therapy. our rehabilitation program specializes in orthopedic and non-orthopedic/medically complex geriatric patients. our average length of stay is 16 days; and we have about 32 orthopedic patients and 118 non-orthopedic/medically complex patients per month. the two facilities workforce is made up of about 265 employees and 20 contracted therapists, with the nursing department being the largest of about 170; 105 of which are c.n.a's. we are grateful to have a full-time nurse practitioner who acts as the physician extender and tends to urgent and other medical needs on a timely basis. we also have a full-time dietitian and a nutritional specialist to address the clinical dietary needs of our residents. our social workers assist with the psycho-social needs of the residents along with our full recreation departments. health central park is a four star rated facility with cms. the orlando health center for rehabilitation is a five star rated facility with cms. normally volunteers supplement our staff to help enhance quality of life providing an average of about 600 hours a month. unfortunately, due to the covid crisis, volunteers were not allowed to assist the two facilities during most of fy2021.