Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center sits in Pima County and has 112 certified skilled nursing beds, with no assisted living beds or assisted living services at all, so folks looking for help here usually come for short-term or long-term rehab or skilled nursing care. The center's part of The Ensign Group and Bandera Healthcare LLC, working as a for-profit limited liability company, and Christine Jones has overseen management since May 2009, though Tom Welker is listed as the administrator now, and that's who you'll see running things most days. The nurses and staff offer different types of specialized care, including intravenous therapy, wound care, enteral feeding, restorative nursing, and hospice services, and the in-house therapy does use some state-of-the-art and hands-on treatments. Residents and their families work together with the care team on a complete care and treatment plan, so there's lots of focus on individual needs.
The place offers housekeeping, sporadic showers, and meals tailored for people on different diets, but all the rooms have hospital curtains between beds since there aren't any private rooms. Amenities aim to keep people safe and comfortable, and the monthly activities include exercise programs, creative workshops, shopping trips, and other group outings, so folks do have ways to stay busy and social. There's also a continuum of care that tries to meet emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental health needs, and the staff works with residents and families on discharge planning if someone's heading home.
The nurse staffing level stands at 3.52 hours per resident each day, which is a bit below the Arizona state average, and some think that's left staff feeling stretched. Nurse turnover sits at 50.6 percent, higher than the state's average of 46.9 percent. The facility has had 12 documented deficiencies, 2 of them infection-related, and has been cited for issues related to resident rights, quality of life and care, and nutrition and dietary standards. You'll find various amenities to help with daily life and therapy services designed to help people regain strength and mobility after illness or injury, but everything gets checked with inspection reports that record the good and the bad. Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center offers care for those needing more medical help than most senior apartments or assisted living communities can give, and it's built to handle both short-term recovery and long-term needs, though private space is limited and staffing challenges exist.
