Valley Skilled Nursing Facility - Sacramento, CA

Valley Skilled Nursing Facility
2120 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 452-6631
Fax: (916) 452-0323

Valley Skilled Nursing Facility is the premier skilled nursing facility in Sacramento. We provide compassionate and personal 24-hour skilled care and rehabilitation services in a comfortable and friendly environment.

At Valley Skilled Nursing Facility, caring is our main concern. We believe the most effective way to provide compassionate care is to maintain high medical integrity, build a team spirit among staff and provide friendly, beautiful surroundings for our patients and their visitors. Although most transitions can be challenging, we strive to facilitate that process with an environment where our patients and guests feel informed and comfortable.

Our team of qualified professionals helps patients recover from surgery, injury or serious illness. They understand the importance of creating a comfortable and nurturing atmosphere, whether our patients are here for short-term treatment or long term care.

We provide compassionate and personal 24-hour skilled care and rehabilitation services in a comfortable and friendly environment.

The following skilled nursing services can be provided:

On- site Medical Director coordinates and improves medical services
Director of Nursing oversees all aspects of health care within the facility
Individualized resident care plan treatments
IV therapy
Dementia care
Wound care
Respite stays
Enteral feeding program
Catheter care
Colostomy Care
Off-site dialysis
Illiostomy Care
Nutrition & hydration programs
Medication management & education
Diabetic management & education
Restorative nursing
Pain management
Hospice program
Bowel & bladder programs
Model environment for nurse training
In-house, on-going continued learning courses and CNA training programs

Restorative Nursing Program

Included in the room and board charge, we seek to maximize the quality of life for our long-term care population who require a specialized restorative program. The therapy team and nursing staff develop individualized treatment plans for resident care in the areas of:

Ambulation
Range of motion
Activities of daily living
Positioning and alignment
Skin integrity and wound management
Contracture management including whirlpool treatments
Bowel and bladder training
Rehabilitative and social dining
Strengthening and restraint reduction
Weekly and monthly height and weight monitoring

Dietary Program

Provide meals to meet specific dietary and therapeutic needs, according to physician orders. Please inform the dietary supervisor in advance regarding all substitute menu requests.
Oral supplemental diets are available
Regular nutritional assessments from our registered dietitian

Rehabilitation

Our experienced rehabilitation team is committed to providing outstanding results and excellent quality of care. Patients are empowered through individualized programs to reach goals of increased independence. Patient families are also encouraged to participate in therapy sessions.

Physical Therapy

Our physical therapy team works toward specific goals of achieving the patients highest functional level of independence. We focus on identification, prevention and rehabilitation of individuals with physical impairment and pain. Following evaluation, the physical therapist develops an individualized treatment program. The goal is to achieve safety in a variety of areas. The therapist duties can include:

Increase strength and mobility in the body and lower extremities
Increase motor control for a patient who has suffered a stroke
Improve coordination, balance and the ability to walk following orthopedic surgery
Improve overall strength conditioning, range of motion and endurance following hip or knee replacements

Pain management

Teaching proper body mechanics to prevent injury
Promoting safety awareness for the well being of the resident

Occupational Therapy

Our occupational therapists use task directed activities in the treatment of our patients whose functional abilities and independence with activities of daily living have been impaired by illness, injury or normal aging.
Occupational therapy assists our patients in adapting to their social and physical environment by mastering tasks essential for daily living. Our occupational therapists may work with patients who have debilitating arthritic conditions or those with difficulty bathing, dressing and other activities of daily living. They assist our patients with impaired vision and/or hearing to function well in their environment.

Areas of treatment may include:

Functional independence- eating bathing, toileting, homemaking, cooking
Maintenance of wellness- dressing, grooming
Prevention of further disability- home assessments and modifications, adaptive equipment
Increasing safety awareness
Speech Therapy
Our speech therapists provide a range of interventions to assess and help restore abilities in the areas of communication, swallowing and cognition. Our treatment programs are designed to work with patients whose function in these areas has been affected due to stroke, brain injury, dementia, and other neurological disorders, as well as difficulties relating to hearing impairment, respiratory illnesses, and complex medical conditions. Areas of treatment focus may include:

Improving speech and voice clarity
Increasing comprehension and verbal expression
Improving chewing and swallowing ability
Maximizing cognitive language skills, like memory, problem-solving, and abstract reasoning
Patient and family/caregiver education and training for managing ongoing difficulties with communication, cognition, and swallowing

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