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About Us
Archcare at Kateri Residence is an accredited not-for-profit
520-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center located on Riverside
Drive at 87th Street in Manhattan. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese
of New York assumed responsibility for operating the Home in 1981
and named it in memory of Kateri Tekakwitha, a caring 17th century
American Indian who converted to Christianity. In 1980, 300 years
after her death, Blessed Kateri was beatified by Pope John Paul
II.
Today, our dedicated clinical and support staff
strives to fulfill the ideals of Blessed Kateri by providing loving
care to all patients and residents in a manner that bespeaks respect,
compassion, sensitivity and concern. Whether seeking short-term
rehabilitation or long-term care, our patients and residents benefit
from our philosophy of individualized care in a homelike setting.
Those who require short-term rehabilitation are
placed on one of our two 40-bed subacute care units. To accommodate
a timely return of our subacute care patients to their homes in
the community, we offer rehabilitation six days a week. This service
is also available to our long-term care residents.
Our long-term care residents also experience the
benefit of a caring staff that recognizes that the care of our
residents embraces their physical, social, emotional and spiritual
well-being, as well as the preservation of their dignity.
As you read more about Archcare at Kateri Residence,
you will notice that we use the word ‘Community’ when
referring to our nursing units. We are committed to changing our
environment to a Person Centered one in which staff work closely
with residents and families to identify lifelong routines and
assist residents to continue these routines while they live here
and make Kateri Residence their Home. This is a change in the
philosophy of care away from the traditional medical model to
a more inclusive one. This change is referred to as a ‘Journey’
and part of our ‘Journey’ is to create ‘Communities’
in place of Nursing units.
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