Nursing

Hi! My name is Sheri Adasczik. I am the Director of Nursing services here at El Jen Convalescent and Retirement. I have worked for El Jen for the past 16 years. Our facility offers 24 hour nursing care and three distinct levels of care.

"Long Term Care" or Custodial Care

This area can accommodate 74 residents. Accommodations include private and semi-private rooms. Semiprivate rooms are two to a room and a shared bathroom. Although referred to as our custodial unit services provided include any skilled service from wound care to feeding tubes and diabetic monitoring.

Assisted Living

The unit referred to as assisted living offers a variety of nursing services including some skilled services provided in a very homelike setting. Perhaps your needs only include diabetic monitoring, insulin administration and medication monitoring, this unit staffed with an RN twenty fours a day and nursing assistants can meet these complex yet important needs and still provide you or your loved one with a sense of home and independence.

Rehabilitation Unit

This last area of our facility provides semi private accommodations with a wall between the two beds. This offers the feel of a private room and lots of space for personal items to give it that home like atmosphere. For those planning a short stay in the rehab program, a state of the art rehabilitation gym comes equipped with exercise equipment and a training kitchen for safety and discharge planning. This equipment is available to all residents.

Each area is staffed with caring individuals who are dedicated to providing quality of care to our residents. For many of the staff, El Jen is a second home and family. Of 100 staff members more than half are part of our 10-year plus program. Providing quality care to southern Nevada families in a home like environment. This family approach to nursing helps our residents to adjust to placement in a facility and become part of our extended family.

Dining

Hi! Welcome to the dietary department. My name is Sharon Jones, certified dietary supervisor. With seven years of loyal service to El Jen and its residents, and over 30 years of dietary expertise in nursing homes, I'm proud of my staff and the home cooked meals offered at El Jen. We accommodate any special dietary need, from diabetic, to low cholesterol, pureed and regular diets. We do more than just serve food, we maintain ideal body weights, encourage appetites, and do special treats every now and then. Below is a sample of a week's menu offered at our facility. Substitutions are offered for those with picky tastes or special needs. Snacks are offered between meals and any time during the day or night a resident get the "munchies". Resident council approves all menus and takes an active part in choosing the menu we serve. Once a month the council even plans three meals of their choice, usually crab or lobster!! Come join us for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The meal is on us!!!

Sample Menu items include Spaghetti and meat sauce with garlic toast, roast pork with seasoned vegetables or for those who eat lighter a variety of soups and sandwiches. Each meal is complemented with a homemade dessert and beverage of choice. These are just a few of the home-cooked, well-balanced meals we serve at El Jen.

Rehabilitation Services

Each individual who is accepted for rehabilitation is carefully evaluated according to certain established criteria. Upon acceptance, our highly trained therapeutic team becomes intensively involved in regimented program tailored to the resident's particular needs according to the physician's recommendations. Our therapeutic team consists of Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapists. The goal is always to return the individual to the previous living arrangement and function at the highest level possible.

Medical Services

Most medical services provided to a resident are coordinated at the joint effort of the physician in charge, nursing, and social services. Transportation is provided at a small charge for appointments to specialists, such as eye, hearing, pain management or any other specialists outside the facility. With the transportation provided El Jen also offers an aide to accompany the resident if necessary.

To ensure we provide the highest quality of care once a month the Medical Director meets with other department head staff in the Quality Assurance Meeting. With the efforts of the Director of Nursing, El Jen constantly critiques its own programs and residents needs to ensure that each resident is receiving the highest quality and as individualized care as possible.

Other Medical Services included in all of our rates include:

24 hour nursing care and supervision-RN on staff
and available on site 24 hours a day.

Special diets as ordered by the physician in charge of the residents care.

All activity and recreational programs.

Any over the counter drugs used for the general
administration to all residents, such as a laxative or aspirin.

Laundry services of all linens, and personal clothing items