Elizabethtown Healthcare & Rehab Center

Elizabethtown Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Elizabethtown, North Carolina provides skilled nursing care and short-term rehabilitation, along with long-term living, hospice care, palliative care, and respite care. Located across from Bladen County Hospital, the center develops person-centered care plans designed to help patients regain skills and reduce the risk of hospital readmission.

The facility offers physical, occupational, and speech therapy delivered by in-house therapists who develop individualized daily plans with achievable goals. Physical therapy focuses on strengthening mobility, balance, coordination, and joint movement while managing pain. Occupational therapy helps patients manage daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, and resuming hobbies. Speech therapy addresses communication skills, cognitive function, and swallowing abilities. The therapy gym includes an Activities of Daily Living Suite, and enhanced services include electrical stimulation to support joint movement and muscle strength.

The skilled nursing team provides round-the-clock care for both short-term and extended stays. Care services include wound care management with a dedicated wound care physician, cardiopulmonary therapy, fall interventions, incontinence management, IV therapy, full-time physician coverage, geriatric psychiatry services, and podiatry services. The center works with patients' physicians to provide holistic care regardless of activity level or acuity.

Discharge planning is a priority at Elizabethtown, with the team focused on ensuring safe transitions back to patients' prior living settings.