Long Term Nursing Care-Cotter at Barclay Friends
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- Professional nurses and physical, occupational, speech, horticultural, and recreational therapists are on staff for long term care.
- Health Services available include:
- Pain Management
- Advanced Wound Care Management: Certified Wound Care Specialist on Staff*
- Complex IV Services
- Diabetic Care
- Registered Dietitian on-Site
- Enteral Nutrition
- Pulmonary Care
- Continence Management
- Dementia/Alzheimer's Care
- Hospice Care
- Respite Care
- Private or semi-private rooms are available. The semi-private rooms have a unique design affording maximum privacy through a creative floor plan.
- Waited service in a beautiful, dignified. and well-lit setting meeting special dietary needs is provided.
- Each staff member cares for a limited number of residents on an ongoing basis, thus building a sense of trust, fondness, and familiarity.
- Family members are important in developing a plan of care in cooperation with Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, therapists, dietary staff, social service staff, and physicians.
- Barclay Friends provides long term care nursing care in three neighborhoods in the Cotter building. Inviting, spacious common areas including living rooms on each neighborhood and enclosed gardens with patios and walking paths are offered.
- WiFi (wireless network) is available at Barclay Friends for residents, family members, and visitors.
Barclay Friends has contracted with Evercare who provide a holistic approach to care management. Nurse practitioners work closely with each enrolled resident's physicians and the staff at Barclay Friends to respond to the resident's medical, social, and emotional needs. Learn more about the Evercare program at Barclay Friends.
Barclay Friends Summary of Accreditation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
Barclay Friends Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) Quality Report
* Barclay Friends is one of the few facilities in this area to have a Registered Nurse who is a Certified Wound Care Specialist on staff. The National Alliance of Wound Care® (NAWC®) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of excellence in wound care through the certification of wound care practitioners. Certification provides an added credential beyond licensure and demonstrates by examination that the practitioner has acquired a core body of specialized knowledge. In addition, certification promotes consumer protection and confers peer and public recognition to those individuals who prove proficient in their practice.
"Over the last three years we have felt mother was very lucky to be so well cared for. The fact that she was so happy was a barometer of how well everyone did their jobs." Comment from a Cotter family member.
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