Payment Options
Riverside Health and Rehab is committed to ensuring you receive all of your healthcare benefits and we explore every financial option.*
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Private Funding
- Medicare Replacement Plans
- Insurance/Managed Care Plans
*Please note that pre-authorizations are not a guarantee of payment and only your insurance carrier is able to make such determinations.
Visitation
Recognizing that love and attention can be powerful medicine, we encourage family and friends, including children, to visit their loved ones. We allow 24hr visitation hours, but we do ask that visitors consider other patients when planning their visits, so to avoid disturbances
Admissions
Our team is accepting admissions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. To schedule a tour please contact our admission team at 843-744-2750 or contact us via email.
Email AdmissionsFacility Overview
Riverside Health and Rehab is a 160 bed skilled nursing facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Centrally located, Riverside offers easy access to Charleston hospitals. It houses a specialty CardioPulmonary Pavilion, as well as provides short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing care, long-term care, hospice care, and respite care.
Accepting Medicare and most major insurances, Riverside is able to provide care for anyone 18 years and older. Along with the experienced nursing staff Riverside has highly trained therapists that provide Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Respiratory Care. Riverside also provides Wound Care, Tracheotomy Care, IV therapy, and Tube Feeding Care.
Patient-centered care is at the heart of what we do at Riverside Health and Rehab. We work together, and listen to your needs to obtain a common goal of improving functioning so that you can return to a full, productive life.
Our Services & Amenities
- 126-Bed Skilled Facility
- 24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care
- Long-term/Short-term Care
- Medication Management
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Tracheotomy Care/Weaning
- Nutritional and Culinary Support
- Individualized Care Plan
- Independent Board Certified Physicians
- Advanced Modality Wound Care Treatment
- Licensed nursing care
- Comprehensive wound care
- Pulmonary management
- Post-surgical stabilization
- Intravenous/enteral therapies
- Restorative nursing care
- Tracheostomy care
- PICC lines
- Gastric tube care
- Hospice care/Palliative Care
- Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
- Respiratory therapy
- Rehabilitation Care
- Lab Services
- Pharmacy
- Registered Dietician
- Bariatric Care
- Dementia Care
- Podiatry, Dentist and Optometry Services
The goal of the Cardiac Rehabilitation program is to help people with heart disease recover sooner and return to full, productive lives. The facility contracts with a Medical Director, Nurse Practitioner, and Medical Specialty Pulmonologist. The patient is considered an integral part of the cardiac rehab team, along with independent primary and cardiac physicians, nurses, exercise specialists, and dieticians. Cardiac rehabilitation begins in the hospital and continues on an outpatient basis after discharge.
Consider Cardiac or Pulmonary Rehabilitation after a major cardiac or pulmonary illness such as:
- Heart Attack
- Coronary Artery Bypasses Graft Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chest Pain
- COPD
- Emphysema
- Chronic Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Other related conditions
The goals of cardiac rehab are that patients may expect to experience the following benefits:
- Less shortness of breath
- Ability to resume some hobbies and activities they once enjoyed
- Less fatigue after performing daily chores
- Greater strength and endurance
- Less depression and anxiety
- Better understanding of ways to manage their disease
- Fewer hospitalizations
- Greater Independence
- Improved quality of life
What to expect in Rehab:
- Assessment of current functional status
- Exercise training and other therapeutic exercise
- Education and skills training
- Nutritional assessment
- Psychosocial assessment, support, and intervention if necessary
- Smoking cessation, if currently smoking
- Medication management and education
- Implementation of a home treatment program and possible follow-up
Physical Therapists will evaluate:
- Joint Range of motion
- Muscle Strength
- Ability to transfer out of bed as well as other surfaces
- Ability to Walk
- Balance
- Prior level of function
Based on the evaluation, a care plan will be developed and may focus on:
- Teaching strengthening and range of motion exercises
- Pain management strategies
- Safety precautions
- Walking with crutches or walker
- Using appropriate safety precautions when transferring in and out of bed and on and off other surfaces
- Educating your family/caregiver on using safety precautions
- Improving balance to decrease the risk of falling
- Providing education to you and your family/caregiver on safety strategies and techniques (this will enable successful and safe access to home upon discharge as appropriate)
An Occupational Therapist will assess your:
- Upper body strength and range of motion to assist during recovery
- Ability to transfer on and off the toilet and other surfaces
- Ability to dress, bathe, and perform personal hygiene
Based on this evaluation your individualized treatment plan will be developed and may focus on:
- Teaching upper body strengthening and range of motion exercises
- Pain management strategies
- Safety precautions
- Appropriate safety precautions when transferring to the toilet and other surfaces
- Educating you on the use of adaptive equipment for dressing, bathing, and other activities of daily living
- Educating you on joint protection and energy conservation techniques
Skilled nursing is designed for patients with short-term needs and is provided by qualified, trained professionals. The plan of care is developed with the individual needs of the patient in mind, with the goal of facilitating a return to home or improvements in functional status.
Respite care was designed as a service to the growing number of caregivers in the community. Trained professionals provide respite services - whether for a few days or a few weeks, to give caregivers a much needed rest and opportunity to take a vacation.
Speech Therapy
The speech therapist determines if there is a developmental or acquired speech/language or swallowing issue and whether the patient would benefit from speech therapy.
Skilled Nursing
This is designed for patients with short-term needs and is provided by qualified, trained professionals. The plan of care is developed with the individual needs of the patient in mind, with the goal of facilitating a return to home or improvements in functional status.
Long-term Care
Patients are individuals who require 24-hours nursing care and some level of assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, grooming, dressing and walking. This level of care is significantly different from skilled care, in that no time limit is set on the plan of care. Therefore it is long-term in nature.
Respite Care
Designed as a service to the growing number of caregivers in the community. Trained professionals provide respite services – whether for a few days or a few weeks, to give caregivers a much needed rest and opportunity to take a vacation.
Other Care Services
- IV Therapy
- Wound VAC
- TPN
- Stroke Recovery
- Orthopedic Procedures
- Accidents in the Workplace
- Registered Dietician
- Long-term placement
- Scheduled transportation for dialysis, doctor’s appointments, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc.
- Wanderguard system for those on regular units who may tend to wander
- Choice of several Hospice agencies to assist with end of life care, if desired by the family
Long-term care patients are individuals who require 24-hours nursing care and some level of assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing, grooming, dressing and walking. This level of care is significantly different from skilled care, in that no time limit is set on the plan of care. Therefore it is long-term in nature.
- Cable Connections
- Telephone
- Salon Services
- Wireless Internet
- Transportation to Local Healthcare Providers
- Housekeeping & Laundry Services
- Dining Room
- Medication management
- Registered Dietician
- Wanderguard System
- IV Therapy, Wound VAC, TPN
Riverside Health & Rehab features daily activities and enrichment programs for our residents. Our activity calendar is constantly evolving to include activities that will speak to all residents. Currently our residents enjoy regular excursions out to dine, shop and attend community events. We also provide a variety of on-site activities, including arts and crafts, bingo, card games, and worship services.
- Community Events
- Weekly Outings
- Bingo & Games
- Church Services
- Birthday Parties
- Pet Visits
