Glades Health Care Center

About Glades Health Care Center

Glades Health Care Center in Pahokee, Florida, is identified on the current facility website as Pahokee Health and Rehabilitation, formerly Glades Healthcare Center. Located in Palm Beach County, it is described as a 120-bed skilled nursing facility. The available information describes a nursing-care setting rather than apartment-style senior housing and does not specify room layouts or whether rooms are private or shared. Its listed services are for people needing nursing support, rehabilitation, or a temporary care stay.

Care options include skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, and respite care. The facility describes round-the-clock support and individual care plans shaped around each person’s needs and daily routines. A community-service directory also lists 24-hour registered-nurse coverage, intermediate nursing care, and a full-time medical director. Respite stays are described as short-term care for people whose family caregivers need a break, with stays ranging from a weekend to several weeks.

The rehabilitation program includes physical, occupational, and speech therapy from licensed therapists, according to the current website. Physical therapy addresses strength, mobility, pain management, and adapting to permanent disability. Occupational therapy works on visual perception, upper-extremity strength, coordination, and self-care skills. Speech therapy addresses communication, swallowing, and voice difficulties, including aphasia. The website describes the therapy approach as interdisciplinary and says rehabilitation is intended to support a return home.

Other provider listings include wound care, intravenous therapy, dialysis support, and specialized HIV care. A third-party listing also notes pain management and help with daily living activities. Directory profiles describe the center as able to support people with dementia-related disorders, and another profile lists memory care for people at different stages of Alzheimer’s disease. A nonprofit profile additionally lists palliative and hospice care, alongside short-term rehabilitation and long-term care.

Daily routines may include meals and activities tailored to individual schedules, according to the current website; it does not specify menus or dining arrangements. Third-party profiles list social and recreational programming, educational programs, and television or movie nights. They also identify an on-site beauty and barber shop, a store, small pets and pet visits, and family outreach or education. Those profiles do not provide activity schedules or details about how these amenities are arranged.

The current website says the center serves people from Pahokee, Clewiston, Okeechobee, and surrounding areas. A third-party profile places it in Pahokee’s Fremd Village-Padgett Island area and lists Lakeside Medical Center about 6.63 miles away. These location details provide local context for a facility whose listed care is centered on skilled nursing and rehabilitation.