Hilltop Health Center

Hilltop Health Center is a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, also known as a Nursing Home, is a facility that provides 24-hour nursing care, rehabilitative services and assistance with daily tasks to individuals who are unable to safely reside at home or in any other living alternative. Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers provide medically supervised care to the elderly, disabled and chronically ill.

Some individuals require only a short stay for rehabilitation and strengthening after hospitalization, before returning home. Other residents require long-term medical, social and personal care along with supportive services that cannot be adequately provided in any other setting. A great number of Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers offer short-term respite care for caregivers needing temporary relief from their caregiving responsibilities.

Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, also referred to as Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Health Care Centers, Convalescent Centers, Extended Care Centers or Long Term Care Facilities, can be freestanding or part of a continuum of care that typically includes Independent Living and Assisted Living.

Many facilities specialize in certain types of care. For example, a Nursing and Rehabilitation Center may offer complex medical and rehabilitation services called sub acute care. Others may have a separate dementia care "neighborhood" for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Medicare, Medicaid, private payment and long term care insurance are all methods of payment for nursing and rehabilitative care provided to seniors, although Medicare currently covers only short-term care.

Hilltop Health Center provides specialized Alzheimer's Care.

Although many Assisted Living communities and Nursing Homes cater to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other related memory disorders or dementia, there is a growing trend towards facilities that provide specialized care and housing tailored to the special needs of individuals with this disease. These facilities offer care that fosters residents' individual skills and interests in an environment that helps to diminish confusion and agitation. Specialty services are provided in a secure environment, such as activity programs designed to include reality orientation classes and specially trained professional staff skilled in handling the behavior associated with memory impairments. Many facilities that specialize in Alzheimer's or related dementia disorders have building design features that assist with the problems associated with this disease: color-coded hallways, visual cues, and secure wandering paths for additional security.