Pioneer Place Nursing and Rehabilitation and Assisted Living

Pioneer Place offers a continuum of care that isn’t common. Located in Vale, Oregon, we provide assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. This provides our residents with the opportunity to age in place in familiar surroundings with familiar caregivers regardless of the level of care that is needed.

Pioneer Place… Provides excellent quality of care and quality of life while encouraging self help and independence in an environment that promotes dignity and respect.

Resident rooms are private or for couples. They are spacious, with room for your favorite furniture and memorable pieces.

Our beautiful grounds, complete with patio and landscaping, offer a healthy outdoor environment for walking, visiting, barbecues, picnic fun or just listening to the water fountains. Inside, enjoy the fireplace and TV in the attractively decorated living room.

• 24 hour supervision
• 3 daily nutritious meals
• Routine housekeeping
• Weekly linen service
• Monthly newsletter
• Planned activity calendar
• Medication management
• Monitoring of residents health status
• Electronically monitored security system
• Mealtime reminders
• Wireless internet
• Utilities included (except phone)
• Private mailboxes
• Family kitchen
• Beautician available
• Air Spa bath with assistance

Pioneer Place Nursing Home has been a part of the health care community in Malheur County for generations. Offering a clean and modern air-conditioned facility with individual room climate controls, Pioneer Place provides quality care for residents and short-term patients as well as a great work environment for its employees. Our beautifully landscaped grounds include an enclosed courtyard with patio for outside activities and visits.

If you have suffered and accident, injury, illness, recent surgery or stroke, Pioneer Place Nursing and Rehabilitation offers skilled nursing care and rehabilitative therapies that will help you return home safely.

Nursing Home Services and Amenities Include:

• Skilled Licensed Nursing services such as wound care and I.V. therapies.
• Rehab therapies: Physical, Occupational and Speech.
• Certified Nursing Assistants.
• Licensed nurses and CNA’s are on-duty 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
• CNA to patient staffing ratios exceed Oregon minimum mandatory requirements.
• Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation (FEES) : A swallowing evaluation for dysphagia patients designed to assist Speech therapists for treating patients at risk for choking or aspiration.
• Each resident room is equipped with individual heating and air conditioning units.
• Private and semi-private rooms with toilet and sink.
• Medicare and Medicaid certified.
• Planned activity calendar
• "Air Spa" bathing tub with bath aide.
• Our Medical Director is Dr. John H. Phillips
• Registered Dietitian consultant oversight of therapeutic diets and diet plans.
• Phone and television in every patient/resident room.
• Criminal Background and pre-employment drug-screening is required on all employees.

Physical Therapy restores function for individuals who have experienced neurmuscular or skeletal dysfunction. Individualized therapeutic treatment may include:

• Training in mobility, gait stability, posture and positioning
• Excercise programs to increase muscle function, coordination and endurance
• Joint and soft tissue mobilization to increase range-of-motion
• Wound care
• Pain management

Occupational Therapy assists individuals with adapting to their social and physical environment. Our therapist enhance patient functionality through:

• Education and training in areas such as dressing, bathing, eating, and grooming
• Activities for memory, orientation and cognitive integration
• Adaptive techniques or equipment to overcome physical disabilities
• Strengthening and coordination exercises
• Exercises to reduce the effects of arthritis or other conditions to maintain normal joint movement

Speech therapy addresses communication and swallowing dysfunction. Treatment plans are designed for individual needs, such as:

• Recovery of speech, language and memory skills
• Verbal and non-verbal communication, including programs for the hearing impaired
• Oral muscle functioning and strength required for speaking and swallowing
• Appropriate diet recommendations
• Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation (FEES) : A swallowing evaluation for dysphagia patients designed to assist Speech therapists for treating patients at risk for choking or aspiration.