Fort Bayard Medical Center, located in Santa Clara, NM, is dedicated to providing excellent care in Long Term Care and Rehabilitation to the community. Their mission is to deliver care carefully, consistently, continuously, and compassionately to all residents. The facility follows strict admission policies to ensure that individuals with nursing and medical needs that can be met adequately by the facility are accepted. The coordination with the Medicaid Pre Admission Screening and Resident Review program (PASARR) helps determine the needs of residents with mental disorders or intellectual disabilities.
The services offered at Fort Bayard Medical Center cover a wide range of areas, including Short Term/Rehabilitation, Long Term Care, and Memory Care across all resident neighborhoods and in the licensed Veterans Home. The facility provides skilled nursing, dialysis, hospice/palliative care, pharmacy services, diagnostic testing, laboratory services, radiology, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, respiratory care, Alzheimer/Memory Care, dining services, dietitian nutritionist consultation, housekeeping, laundry, building maintenance, landscaping/grounds-keeping, and equipment maintenance.
Fort Bayard Medical Center also offers medical records management through eHR/eMR, MDS care coordination, mental health services, resident advocacy, one-to-one and group social activities, religious worship, special interest programs, community involvement activities, admissions/discharge/transfers support, billing services, and benefit qualification assistance. The facility aims to align all business practices to ensure that every resident receives individualized care and to provide healthcare providers with the necessary resources and equipment to meet the care goals of those under their care.