Bingham Memorial Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center sits in a peaceful rural area of Blackfoot, Idaho, and shares its campus with Bingham Memorial Hospital, which means residents have direct access to hospital services like labs, X-rays, and a pharmacy. This facility focuses on long-term care and rehabilitation, offering skilled nursing available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provides both inpatient and outpatient care with private rooms when available. The staff includes a range of medical providers, like internal medicine doctors during the week and physicians always on-call, and there's a licensed social worker for help with transitioning back home, a registered dietitian to manage nutrition, and an in-house treatment nurse who looks after skin health. Residents recovering from surgery, illness, or injury get physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and the rehab team creates plans to fit individual goals, sometimes with therapy lasting one or two hours a day, up to seven days a week.
People who live there can use the rehab dining area for shared meals, take part in daily activities, relax in outdoor spaces, or visit the on-site beauty shop and hair salon. The center allows and encourages pet visits, and people can get transportation to doctors' appointments and local outings. Housekeeping and laundry come standard, and the place has massage therapy programs, an on-site dialysis center, same-day surgery, and critical care services. The hospital attached to the center covers a wide range of needs, from emergency care and inpatient surgery to treatments by specialists in areas like general surgery, spine surgery, cardiology, pulmonary care, orthopedic care, women's health, and more. There are over 100 types of patient services, and the center uses modern medical equipment with diagnostic testing like larger hospitals. Residents have access to a patient portal called medCONNECT for medical records and billing, and the financial counselor helps with insurance and payment issues. This nonprofit has served as part of the community in eastern Idaho since 1950, and after recent renovations, people have new comfortable spaces to enjoy that are both secure and inviting. The care teams create personal plans and help people reach their goals in a supportive place, with plenty of options for recovery, daily life, and social time.
