Roosevelt Care Center
Roosevelt Care Center
One Roosevelt Drive
Edison, New Jersey 08837
Phone: 732-321-6800
Fax: 732-321-1452
We have been providing quality health care services to the people of Middlesex County and surrounding communities for more than 70 years.
Our staff provides the highest level of personalized long-term and rehabilitative care available in the region. We are dedicated to enhancing our residents’ quality of life while preserving their dignity and privacy.
Roosevelt Care Center (RCC) is conveniently located in Edison, NJ, in the center of Middlesex County, and is owned and operated by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA).
Our 20-acre campus, overlooking a lake, sits on the edge of beautiful Roosevelt Park and is adjacent to Menlo Park Mall. We are within a mile of the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, I-287, U.S. Rt. 1 and Rt. 27.
The main building in the RCC complex was constructed during the 1930s and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It was an undertaking of the Works Project Administration (WPA) and was named in honor of the creator of that program, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
For many years, Roosevelt served as the Middlesex County tuberculosis hospital. In the 1950s, it was converted to a long-term-care facility, and rehabilitation and recreation programs were added. The annex building on the other side of Parsonage Road was completed in 1964, and a major addition (A Zone) to the main building opened in 1982.
The 180-bed Parsonage Road facility opened at the annex site in May 2005, and the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders has acquired land in Old Bridge Township for construction of another 180-bed long term care center. A renovation of the historic building is also being considered.
If you must make a decision about rehabilitative or long-term care for yourself or someone you love, we invite you to browse through our site and learn more about Roosevelt.
We understand that decisions like this affect entire families, and our team of skilled professionals is ready to help you make the right choice.
SPECIAL DEMENTIA UNIT
Unlike most area long-term-care facilities, RCC has two special units for residents with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. One unit is designed for early stage Alzheimer's while the other specializes in residents in later stages of the disease.
Alzheimer’s is a very difficult disease for patients and their families, but at Roosevelt we can help patients deal with regression with grace and dignity and give family members the support they need to cope with the emotional strain.
RCC’s Alzheimer’s units are based on a program model rather than a medical model. That means that the focus of the treatment program is socializing and structure rather than medicine. Other dementia programs are run solely by physicians; RCC’s program is run by an interdisciplinary team, which also includes psychologists, social workers, nurses and recreation therapists trained to work with people with dementia.
The dementia units are a warm, calm, friendly place, created by staff members who understand the difficulties faced by people with dementia. Staff members wear street clothes rather than uniforms, and a therapy plan is customized for each resident.
Wound Care Program
Roosevelt Care Center enjoys an extraordinary regional reputation for top-notch wound care.
People who leave acute-care hospitals with bedsores and hard-to-heal wounds come here to recover because of the exceptional treatment program our staff has developed.
Our customized, individualized, team-oriented care program has produced significant results: RCC’s cure and improvement rate for bedsores is exemplary thanks to constant monitoring by the facility’s wound team, and RCC residents develop far fewer bedsores than the residents of other nursing homes. The team works directly with wound care surgeons. All residents with wounds are visited regularly and all new residents receive a full skin assessment.
Effective care requires constant evaluation of the wound patient’s entire physical condition, not just the wound itself.
Our treatment program involves the person’s diet and his or her psychological well-being. It involves the nursing staff for repositioning, monitoring and medication, and it involves the rehabilitation department for physical therapy and special cushions and boots. The team approach complements the skills of RCC's physicians, wound care clinicians, staffers, dieticians, therapists and pain nurses.
For more information, to arrange a visit to the RCC Alzheimer’s unit or if someone you love has a wound that will not heal, contact Assistant Administrator Alan Fialka at 732-321-6800, ext. 4002.
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