Milcrest Healthcare is a small, for-profit nursing center offering both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care to residents. With a capacity of 50 beds, this individually owned facility is not a part of a continuing care retirement community, but it does participate in both Medicare and Medicaid programs, providing important coverage options to its residents. The care center operates independently and is not within a hospital, and does not specifically advertise Alzheimer’s care as a designated program.
The environment at Milcrest Healthcare focuses on supporting residents who are recovering following hospital stays, addressing needs that might arise after incidents such as strokes, heart attacks, infections, or accidental injuries. Approximately 39% of residents return home after discharge, reflecting a focus on helping individuals regain independence where possible. Residents' rehabilitation experiences are marked by an average of 3 hours and 29 minutes of nurse staffing per resident each day, underscoring a commitment to consistent care and hands-on support.
Milcrest Healthcare places an emphasis on maintaining a safe and supportive environment. Inspections have been conducted regularly, examining the facility’s standards in areas such as food preparation, care plan development, medication labeling and storage, honoring residents’ treatment decisions and advance directives, environmental safety, accident prevention, continence care, catheter use, and dialysis services. Although several issues, such as timely communication with families and physicians, medication security, and individualized care planning, have been identified in past inspections, each instance was accompanied by prompt corrective measures by the care home.
The facility strives to provide a homelike setting, attentive to details that affect the daily living and overall wellbeing of its residents. This includes a focus on minimizing falls—no residents experienced major injury falls in the most recent data—and decreasing the number of infections that require hospitalization, with an 8.2% rate among short-term rehabilitation stays. Emergency room transfer rates are closely monitored, with 14.3% of short-stay residents requiring ER visits.
Milcrest Healthcare’s performance and environment are shaped by regular cycles of health and safety oversight, including fire safety measures and periodic reviews of resident care protocols. The commitment to improvement and resident-centered care is a visible aspect of daily life in the facility. Despite occasional challenges, Milcrest Healthcare demonstrates ongoing efforts to blend necessary medical care with a nurturing and safe atmosphere, supporting both short-term recovery and long-term living.