Waldon Health Care Center

Waldon Health Care Center is a nursing home in Kenner, Louisiana, providing specialized rehabilitation and skilled nursing services. The center serves both short-term transitional patients working toward a return home and those needing long-term placement, with a team of rehabilitation and nursing staff focused on each resident's goals. It holds a rating of 2.50 based on 17 reviews.

Waldon Health Care Center has been serving Jefferson Parish since 1976. Its rehabilitation model offers therapy services up to six days per week, delivered by licensed physical, occupational, and speech therapists, to help patients recover from common surgeries, procedures, and illnesses. The center provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, IV therapy, wound care management, laboratory services, physician-directed services, social services, and in-house X-rays. A dedicated rehabilitation space combines traditional therapy with activities of daily living that patients encounter at home, and a separate area is reserved for transitional, short-term stays. Family involvement is built into the program through emotional support, family training and education, family conferences, and coordinated discharge planning. Additional services include community re-entry support, a secure care safety system, transportation, semi-private suites, and free Wi-Fi. Waldon Health Care Center accepts Medicare, Managed Care, private insurance, private pay, and Medicaid.

The center sits on Idaho Avenue in the heart of Kenner, about 0.1 miles from Williams Boulevard and the United States Post Office, and roughly 0.2 miles from West Napoleon Avenue and the Chief William R. Mancuso Fire Headquarters. The Islamic School of Greater New Orleans is also about 0.1 miles away.

Waldon Health Care Center has cared for Jefferson Parish residents since 1976, pairing skilled nursing and rehabilitation with a focus on the individual needs of each patient in Kenner.

Services:

• Dedicated Rehabilitation Space
• Family Training and Involvement
• Rehabilitation Services
• Skilled Nursing Care
• Transitional/Short-Term Care