Center of Care
In addition to NUMC, the NuHealth system operates Family Health Centers in Elmont, Hempstead, Roosevelt, and Westbury. Services are also made available at Roosevelt High School and South Ocean Care. Bringing a new kind of care to the communities that need it most, the Family Health Centers offer a "medical home" – for individuals and families in their neighborhoods. Compassionate doctors and nurses are on staff at the Family Health Centers, and consultations with specialists in specialty areas of diabetes, OB-GYN and pediatrics are available.
A.Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility
Recognized nationally as a model for skilled nursing facilities, the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale offers innovative extended care in an whole wellness environment. Skilled and caring medical practitioners respond to physical, social and emotional needs of residents, providing services in rehabilitation, diagnostic and radiology services, psychiatric and psychological care, dental and ophthalmology care, podiatry services, cardiology evaluations and treatment, and neurological testing. On-site ambulatory clinics provide residents accessible specialty care and in instances where inpatient hospital care is necessary, residents are transferred to the nearby Nassau University Medical Center. For post-hospital care, A. Holly Patterson offers a continuum of services in the following specialty units:
- Sub-Acute Rehabilitation for post-stroke, post-fracture, neuro-muscular disease, accident recovery, generalized debility
- Long-Term Rehabilitation
- Wound Care
- I.V. Therapy
- Dementia Services
- Ventilator and Respiratory Care
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice Care
- Korean Long Term Care
- On-Site Hemodialysis
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