Alpine Health & Rehab Center

About Alpine Health & Rehab Center

Alpine Health & Rehab Center in Saint Petersburg, Florida, is a 57-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in the south part of the city. Its listed care options include skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, respite care, memory care for people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, and palliative care. These services cover both post-acute recovery and ongoing support needs, though the particular services used will depend on each resident’s situation.

Post-acute rehabilitation includes physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy. Physical and occupational therapy listings describe gait and transfer training, muscle strengthening and coordination work, and assessment and training with assistive devices. Therapists also address daily activities, safety techniques, energy conservation, and cognitive or perceptual skills. The listed speech services include communication assessment and training, speech-language evaluation and therapy, and evaluation and treatment for swallowing concerns. Splint fabrication or modification is also included in the therapy service listing. Other listed therapy services include upper-extremity strengthening and coordination, prosthetic evaluation and training, pain management, and alternative communication assessment.

The service information names stroke, cardiac recovery, orthopedic conditions, COPD, Parkinson’s disease, and pneumonia among the conditions or recovery needs associated with its programs. Other listed clinical services include medication management, physician services, wound care, respiratory services, and restorative care. The service information also names post-surgical and joint-replacement care, feeding tubes, and total parenteral nutrition. These clinical offerings accompany the center’s skilled nursing and rehabilitation programs; the listings do not indicate that every service is appropriate for or provided to every resident.

Daily routines include meals in communal dining areas and activities organized by an activities department. The facility says its dietary staff accommodate special dietary needs; a service listing also notes three meals a day, snacks, registered-dietitian services, and nutritional support. Activities are provided daily with the stated aim of encouraging social interaction. Listed examples include bingo, music, art, outings, and other recreational programs. In-house beauty and barber services are also listed. The facility identifies nursing, administrative, dietary, and activities departments as part of its operations, and says its nursing teams use clinical specialty and best-practice programs.

Housekeeping and laundry are among the listed amenities, and the facility describes maintenance and housekeeping departments that work year-round. Transportation is also listed as a service. The center is on the 21st Avenue South corridor in south St. Petersburg. Nearby outdoor destinations include Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, with trails along Lake Maggiore, and Lassing Park on Tampa Bay; the Pinellas Trail is also in the area. Palms of Pasadena Hospital and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg are identified as nearby hospitals. Downtown St. Petersburg’s waterfront, museums, and Beach Drive dining area are also noted in the surrounding area.