Shields Nursing Center Inc

Shields Nursing Center in El Cerrito, California provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation services. Since 1965, the facility has served residents of Contra Costa and Alameda counties with a focus on maximizing recovery, comfort, and choice through comprehensive medical and therapeutic programs.

The center offers specialized post-surgical care, intravenous therapy, tracheotomy care, pain management, and parenteral nutrition therapy. A wound care surgeon on staff provides clinical treatment for surgical incisions, pressure ulcers, diabetic wounds, and stasis ulcers. The facility also provides palliative care for residents in final stages of life, supported by nurses, social services, clergy, and hospice partnerships.

Shields operates a state-of-the-art rehabilitation program built around physical agent modalities including ultrasound, diathermy, electrical stimulation, and patterned electrical neuromuscular stimulation. The professional team of licensed, full-time geriatric therapists provides individualized physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy services up to six days a week. These specialists address orthopedic and neurological disorders, swallowing disorders, communication challenges, and activities of daily living such as feeding, bathing, dressing, and grooming.

The facility features a comprehensive care team including physicians, nurses, therapists, psychologists, dietitians, and social service personnel. Recreational activities include religious services, socials, movies, outings, music, exercise, games, and candlelight dining events. The dietary department provides nutritious meals with special therapeutic diets and alternative menu choices available.

Short-term respite care stays are available with a minimum one-week stay, providing families with caregiving breaks. The facility assists residents and families with transportation, financial questions, community referrals, and discharge planning to home or community settings. Individual and family psychological counseling is provided by referral.