Birmingham Nursing & Rehab Center sits in the Forestdale area of Birmingham, Alabama, in a single-story, 132-bed building where they help seniors who can't live safely at home anymore, offering long-term care and short-term rehabilitation with licensed, certified staff who provide 24-hour nursing and physician care. The facility is Medicare Certified and Medicaid Approved, and the team includes clinically trained professionals who develop specialized care plans for each resident, covering skilled nursing, therapy, rehabilitation, assisted living, pain management, and care for many health needs like stroke recovery, cardiac care, wound care, and more. They help residents with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, and moving around, and provide nursing services, supervised by a physician, day and night, along with medication storage and dispensing as required.
Residents can choose private or semi-private rooms, each with closet and vanity space, private restrooms cleaned regularly, and in-room cable TV and phone lines to keep in touch with family and enjoy entertainment. There's a beauty salon, a large activity room with events seven days a week, and a peaceful outdoor courtyard where residents can relax or meet friends. The five-star dining services give everyone restaurant-style meals, and dietary and dental services, dialysis care, and even a wheelchair van for easy transportation are all available to support residents' health and quality of life.
Therapy is a big focus at Birmingham Nursing & Rehab Center, where there's on-site outpatient and inpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapies, along with enhancement therapy covering things like balance and falls, pain, strength, and language skills. Programs help with post-surgery rehabilitation, neurological conditions such as MS or Parkinson's, stroke or cardiac care, urinary continence improvement, and contracture management. Residents have access to social work, mental health care, clinical lab, pharmacy, dietary, podiatry, and X-ray services, plus more advanced care like IV therapy, peritoneal dialysis, FEES for swallowing, and wound care.
There's respite care for short stays, helpful for caregivers and seniors needing a break or transitional support, and even bariatric care for those who need it. Suites for rehab patients feel private, with modern amenities, and all rooms have a comfortable, secure, home-like feel. Housekeeping and laundry are taken care of, and the caring, long-tenured staff stay focused on making the environment supportive and loving, trying to enhance every resident's quality of life with routines and special programs like Second Winds Dream Partner, always keeping care and comfort in mind.
