The area scores 41 for walking, which means most errands are done by car. A resident who no longer drives will need somebody else’s calendar for a trip to town.
Six care types run inside 40 beds at Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center: nursing home care, skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, hospice, and respite. Forty beds is a short list of residents, and a needs change usually means a change in care rather than a change in address.
Assisted living covers bathing, dressing, and medication. In a building this size, the staff handling those tasks are the ones who notice when something is off.
Memory care exists partly for the wife who has stopped going anywhere. Dementia can take over a spouse’s entire day, and supervised care hands that job to people who work shifts.
Respite covers the weeks when one adult child takes over, and another is away. The handoff has a date attached at both ends.
Overnight coverage does not thin out, and forty residents is a manageable number to watch through a night. Nursing time reaches 4 hours and 26 minutes per resident each day.
Rehabilitation and therapy services are structured into a resident’s care. Hospice care is available at the end of life.
Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are accepted. The question with Medicare is how long rather than whether, since it pays for skilled care after a hospital admission and Medicaid answers the years after that. Ryan Zurbuchen serves as administrator, and the Village of Spring Valley operates the community.
