Garden Gate Health Care Facility

Garden Gate Health Care Facility
Garden Gate Health Care Facility 2365 Union Rd Cheektowaga, NY 14227
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Garden Gate Health Care Facility

Welcome to Garden Gate Health Care Facility located in Cheektowaga, New York. We’re proudly owned and operated by the McGuire family, the only Buffalo-based multi-facility health care provider in Western New York. For generations, the McGuire family and our employees have been committed to pioneering and integrating progressive programs and services that have defined our local health care community.

This commitment has resulted in Garden Gate continuously receiving outstanding ratings from the federal government, which rates every nursing facility in the country. To see our ranking, as well as those of other facilities, visit www.medicare.gov.

Garden Gate Health Care Facility opened in 1979 and has expanded beyond traditional long-term care to include specialized subacute and outpatient rehabilitation. It also features a unique affiliation with the Center for Skin Integrity, which is located on the facility’s campus, to provide comprehensive wound care treatment and management of coexisting medical diseases.

If you’re considering an elective joint replacement surgery, it’s wise to give yourself plenty of time to research all the rehabilitative options. This includes talking to your physician, visiting rehabilitation facilities, speaking with therapists and beginning the pre-planning process.

It’s always helpful to keep a few key elements in mind while conducting your research. While touring the rehabilitation centers, take note of the environment. The McGuire Rehabilitation Centers, including Garden Gate Health Care Facility, feature specialized equipment as well as suites designed specifically for training in kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and laundry settings. These areas are designed to help you master the skills necessary to return back to the community safely and successfully.

Statistics show, the most effective method for recovery is through a team approach. You’ll want to choose a facility that welcomes your collaboration on a rehab plan that meets your specific needs. For example, if you want to swing a golf club as soon as possible after a joint replacement, it’s important to have a skilled professional trained in orthopedics and sports rehabilitation involved in your recovery.

At Garden Gate, your care is fostered by experts in every aspect of healing. Rehabilitative therapists help you regain the physical stamina and range of motion needed to recover; physicians and nurses address the disease process and teach you how to manage your medications; and dietitians assist in helping you adopt healthy lifestyle changes and dietary habits if necessary. After your recovery, social workers help you transition back into the community and coordinate home-based services.

Outpatient therapy is also an important feature to consider. It’s wise to choose a facility that offers both inpatient and outpatient services. This allows you to continue your treatment upon discharge with the same team of therapists and pick up right where you left off as an inpatient.

When touring the facility and talking to the therapists, inquire as to what a typical day might be like. It’s important to exercise after surgery to increase strength and flexibility in your new joint and to prevent blood clots. You may feel uncomfortable at first, but exercising will help you to get back to your normal everyday activities sooner.

If you’ve recently had a hip or knee replacement you will have a number of important regimens in your therapy schedule, some of which may include neuromuscular training, isometric strengthening of the thigh and buttock muscles and exercises to strengthen the hip muscles. Stationary biking or upper body cycling may be added for endurance as well. Progression of standing exercises, including walking backwards or on uneven surfaces, play an important role in improving balance as do a number of step exercises including step ups and side stepping.

If you’re deconditioned due to an accident or illness, your treatment may include a combination of physical, occupational and speech therapy. Rehabilitation will help you to get moving again, regain your strength, relearn skills or find new ways of completing tasks.

A final factor to consider is the facility’s overall ratings both at the state and federal level. Garden Gate continuously receives outstanding ratings from the federal government, which assesses every facility in the country. More information can be found at www.medicare.gov. The ratings are important because it’s a reflection of the overall culture of quality that exists at every level within a facility. It’s the highest quality facilities that generate the best outcomes for patients with intensive care, faster healing and less chance for problems or rehospitalization in the future.

We encourage you to complete the online admission application and make an appointment for a personal tour. It’s our desire at McGuire to be your first and best choice. Thank you for your interest in Garden Gate.
Primary Specialty

Nursing Home

Services Over the years, Garden Gate's programs have grown in scope and complexity from 24-hour skilled nursing care to subacute & outpatient rehabilitation, Journeys palliative care, and respite/short-term care for individuals seeking temporary options for a loved one. Garden Gate also offers a cardiac telemetry unit, the first of its kind in WNY. The focus of the unit is to reduce hospital readmissions through the use of preeminent technology and
superior medical intervention. To learn more about the rehabilitation services at Garden Gate including cardiac, chronic disease management, neurologic, orthopedic, outpatient, pulmonary and wound care, visit www.mcguiregroup.com or call (716) 668-8100 for a personal tour.
Additional Services nursing home, skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, outpatient rehabilitation, PT, OT, speech therapy, palliative care, hospice care, joint replacement, orthopedic care, wound care, cardiac care, neurologic care, chronic disease management
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3.5 star average for Service
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Expertise
3 star average for Expertise
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Recent Reviews
I wish I could give this place zero stars. My grandmother was brought here for rehab after a hospital stay. She was in decent health but needed to have PT to regain her strength. She was in good spirits when we took her in. She had to leave in an ambulance because this place is absolutely disgusting and the lack of care is astounding. She was there just under 3 weeks and not once did someone come to give her a shower even though she was told she'd be able to get one on certain days. She was forced to wear a diaper even though she was fully capable of using the toilet-but she'd have accidents because she'd ring her bell for help getting to the restroom and no one would come. She was brought food and forced to eat it in bed even though she wanted to sit in a chair. One of the aides who brought her food didn't open anything so when my grandma spilled her juice it went all over her bed and the floor. We asked someone to clean the floor and the sheets and no one ever came back. The floor was sticky for three days and ants and bugs were in the room. I finally got someone to do it when I asked on the third day. Another day one of the workers spilled her water cup all over the floor in front of the bed and no one ever came to clean it up. My grandmother could've fallen! Every time we came we had her up and dressed and walking with her walker or sitting on the patio or sitting room but if we weren't there they'd make her stay in her bed. You walk by patient rooms and these poor people are lying there completely catatonic. The entire facility smells like urine. The staff sits around at the nurses station talking or playing on their phones or sits around on their phones and they don't answer call lights for 20-30 minutes or sometimes not at all. They claim to be so busy but you never see anyone actually working and when they come into the room they say they'll do something and never come back. My grandmother had a fever and they gave her Tylenol PM in the middle of the day and she could barely speak. We came to see her and thought she was dead because she was so out of it! Due to her lack of care she developed bed sores and dehydration. Her tongue was black! We begged for an IV and they didn't even put it in correctly then decided she didn't need it even though she was very clearly dehydrated. We had to bring her food from home because the food was so disgusting. Not to mention most of the staff is rude, condescending and lazy. I am actually shocked that this standard of care is allowed and that the health and ethics departments haven't come in and shut this place down. My grandmother left this place worse than she went in and ended up back in the hospital. We will never send her back. I firmly believe they just want your money and if they keep your loved one sick then they will get more because after so many days you have to pay an astronomical amount per day. Do not send your loved ones here!

Updated after hospital report:
Once we got grandma to the hospital it was found that she had a severe UTI, was dehydrated, overdosed on Tylenol and she had to have blood transfusion because she was severely anemic. She had damage to her esophageal tract due to being given too much Tylenol and aspirin during her stay. This also caused her to develop an ulcer. Her blood pressure had dropped so low that the ER doctor said she’d have died today if we hadn’t brought her in. She also has bruises all over her back and sores on her feet. I firmly believe that if we hadn't taken her to the hospital she'd have died in that facility.
by Danielle xxx.xxx.32.44
October 07, 2024
4/29/2015,thank you again for providing
by Ang Taft xxx.xxx.133.53
April 29, 2015
Recent Polls
Was this senior care facility easy to locate?
Absolutely! It couldn't have been easier!
How would you compare this senior care facility to other senior care facilities you have visited?
Among the best I have seen
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.21.195
August 17, 2014
Did the staff at this senior care facility seem up-to-date with the current advancements in their field?
Not at all, they seemed stuck in the past
Would you refer a friend or family member to this senior care facility?
No, If I had known how terrible they were I never would have gone.
Did the staff at this senior care facility ever take personal phone calls when they were supposed to be helping you?
Yes, they could have waited
Was this senior care facility clean?
Yes everything was neat and sterile
Was this senior care facility's staff friendly?
Yes
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.153.38
June 24, 2014
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