Elizabeth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, providing 24-hour nursing care delivered by Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants. The center serves both short-term residents working toward discharge home and long-term residents seeking to maintain quality of life.
The facility offers comprehensive rehabilitation services designed to restore and maintain residents' abilities to their highest level of functioning. Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language pathology. Treatment plans address each resident's unique needs by building strength and endurance, improving flexibility, and enhancing coordination. Speech therapy includes work on swallowing to reduce risks of choking or aspiration.
The nursing department works closely with each resident's physician and collaborates across physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and recreation departments to enhance residents' progress. The center emphasizes partnership with residents and families to help achieve individual goals and respects residents' dignity and values in guiding their care.
Elizabeth Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is the only kosher certified facility in Elizabeth, operating under the certification of Rabbi Teitz.