Friendship Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Friendship Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a 104-bed skilled nursing facility in National City, California, specializing in post-hospitalization transitional care and rehabilitation. The facility focuses on helping patients recover and return to home or a lower level of care, employing its own therapists and operating a fully contained therapy unit alongside nursing staff to support patients in achieving their highest level of functional independence.

The center provides 24-hour nursing care and supervision, including assistance with activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing, grooming, transfers, and ambulation; feeding or meal assistance; medication administration; and treatments tailored to individual patient needs. Licensed nursing staff work with trained nursing assistants to deliver these services, and the facility is licensed by both the California State Department of Health and the federal government.

Friendship Manor operates a 36-bed secured special treatment unit offering skilled nursing and rehabilitation services alongside on-site psychiatric and psychological services for patients managing mental illness diagnoses. The facility's recovery, wellness, and discovery approach focuses on collaboration with residents to promote hope, self-esteem, self-management, and successful reintegration into the community.

The facility emphasizes psychosocial well-being through a variety of patient-centered activities, offering both individual activities in rooms and daily social group programs. Amenities include personal cable television with individual sets in rooms and wireless internet services with bedside workstations.

All meals are prepared independently and internally, with fresh ingredients including locally sourced breads, house-baked biscuits and rolls, scratch-made desserts, and slow-cooked soups. Menus are nutritionally balanced and meet California State standards, with residents able to tailor selections according to personal preference and request additional servings. The facility offers in-room, outdoor, therapeutic, and social dining experiences.