Quality Care in the Valley
Located in the scenic Endless Mountains region of northeastern Pennsylvania, Ashton Healthcare has a long history of providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to our friends and neighbors in the Valley. Conveniently situated on South Main Street in Athens, we’re just a couple of miles from Robert Packer Hospital.
Comfort and Convenience
Our cozy décor creates a homelike setting for our residents. Our private and semiprivate rooms are equipped with electric beds and pressure-relieving mattresses.
We have a hair salon on the premises and a multipurpose room where you and your family can gather to spend time together. We have a wheelchair-accessible private phone room and a number of portable phones you can use to make calls. Long-distance service is free. We can supply a TV if you don’t bring one, and satellite TV service is available.
Outdoors, we have an enclosed courtyard with raised, wheelchair-accessible flower beds. There’s also a unique picnic pavilion—a large, gated, screened-in porch with tables and benches.
We offer all these amenities and more, all for your comfort and convenience.
Compassionate Care
Our experienced and dedicated staff members—many of whom have been with us for over 20 years—will provide you with top-quality healthcare. You’ll be cared for by people who know you and care about you. We’ll do whatever we need to do to give you the best possible quality of care and help you get the best possible healthcare outcomes and quality of life.
We offer a wide variety of skilled nursing and rehab services for people recovering from an illness or injury, including:
- Complex medical care
- Cardiac recovery
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care
- Diabetes management
- Hospice-related services
- Rehabilitation services (physical, occupational, and speech therapies)
- Wound care
We also offer long-term care for people who are no longer able to live at home. And we accept people for respite visits—temporary stays at our center when their at-home caregiver can’t be available.
Specialized Care
We offer several care programs not readily available in many skilled nursing facilities:
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care—Our focus is on helping each person maintain dignity and independence. Within our secure environment, we deliver compassionate care and provide programming developed especially for people with memory impairments.
Bariatric Care—Bariatric care is for people with significant weight issues. Some are preparing for or recovering from gastric bypass surgery. Others aren’t candidates for surgery or choose not to have it. Our team of caregivers provides a variety of services adapted to the needs of bariatric residents, including nursing care, rehab services, individual nutrition counseling, and exercise classes. Appropriately sized equipment—beds, lifts, wheelchairs, commodes, and so on—help make our bariatric residents comfortable.
Vestibular Rehab—Vestibular therapy can be very effective in helping people with balance deficits. Through our vestibular rehab program, we will evaluate your condition and create a treatment plan for your specific needs. Our goal is to help you lead a full and active life.
Wound Care—Our wound care program helps people with surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, chronic wounds, and skin disorders that have resisted normal treatment. We have certified wound care specialists on staff who—together with our wound care team of nurses, rehab specialists, dietitian, and social worker—work with your physician. We accept residents with challenging wound and skin problems, and work to heal them through a care plan including diligent nursing, sound nutrition, and therapies.
Quality of Life
To help you enjoy your stay at Ashton Healthcare, we offer an extensive activities program that will provide you with something mentally stimulating, physically invigorating, spiritually satisfying, or just plain fun to do—every single day of the year. In addition to traditional activities like music, crafts, exercise classes, and bingo, we also have computers with Internet access you can use. We often hold dances, show movies, and take scheduled outings for shopping, dining, and special events.
Paying for Your Stay
Ashton Healthcare is Medicare certified. We’re also Medicaid certified in both New York and Pennsylvania. We work with most insurers and workers’ comp carriers, plus we accept hospice and private payment.
Working at Ashton Healthcare
We have many skilled and longtime employees who enjoy working in a senior healthcare setting. We hire a wide variety of nursing home personnel, including nurses and nursing assistants; social workers, dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance staff; and marketing and office staff.
We value our employees and offer competitive wages and benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, and more.
If you think you’d make a great addition to our staff, call us at 570-888-5805 or send your resume and a cover letter to: Human Resources, Ashton Healthcare, 200 South Main Street, Athens, PA 18810.
Contact Us
Ashton Healthcare
200 South Main Street
Athens, PA 18810
phone: 570-888-5805
fax: 570-888-4673
e-mail: info@aslci.com
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