Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

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Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center is a licensed acute-care hospital facility in San Francisco, California.[1]

The center provides a range of rehabilitation services including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, and audiology. Staff professionals, including activity therapists as well as medical, nursing, social, psychological, and nutritional specialists. It also provides a full range of skilled nursing services to adult residents of San Francisco, who are disabled or chronically ill, including specialized care for those with wounds, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, AIDS and dementia. The facility, operated by the City and County of San Francisco, has 1070 beds.[2]

A major expansion program began in the year 2000 that is scheduled for completion in 2008; this $400 million project will add 780 beds, 400 million rebuilding project in 2000 to meet new earthquake standards, modernize its facilities and add 780 patient beds and incorporate the current technology in hospital architecture and information technology.[3]

The hospital facility is located at 375 Laguna Honda Boulevard; historically this site has had a prior subsurface release of chemical contamination.[4][5]

Laguna Honda Hospital also offers rehabilitation outpatient services in the form of the Adult Day Health Center. Also under the auspices of the Adult Day Health Center are the Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center, providing respite, resource information, and a therapeutic environment. The Senior Nutrition Program a congregate meal site providing a nourishing lunch for San Francisco residents over 60 years of age.

References

  1. [http://www.wcities.com/en/record/72,318945/39/record.html Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center Medical Services]
  2. Lagun Honda Hospital fact sheet
  3. Government Health Information Technology
  4. California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, List of Fuel Leaks, San Francisco County, State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland Office
  5. Environmental Site Assessment, 1369 Post Street, 1330 Gough Street, Earth Metrics Inc. Report 10177, September 19, 1989

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