Opinion on  Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. (SKH)     Sector: Healthcare  >  Industry: Healthcare Facilities
Skilled Healthcare Group Inc.

www.skilledhealthcaregroup.com



Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. provides integrated long-term healthcare services in the United States. Its skilled nursing facilities provide specialty care, such as chemotherapy, dialysis, enteral/parenteral nutrition, tracheotomy care, and ventilator care, as well as offer various services, including room and board, special nutritional programs, social services, recreational activities, and related healthcare and other services. These skilled nursing facilities include Express Recovery, a unit that provides skilled nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for patients recovering from conditions, such as joint replacement surgery, and cardiac and respiratory ailments. The company�s assisted living facilities provide residential accommodations, activities, meals, security, housekeeping, and assistance in the activities of daily living to seniors who are independent or who require some support, but not the level of nursing care provided in a skilled nursing facility. Skilled Healthcare Group also provides ancillary services, such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy, as well as rehabilitation therapy service to third-party skilled nursing operators. In addition, the company offers hospice services comprising palliative and clinical care, education, and counseling with a focus on the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of terminally ill individuals and their families. As of December 31, 2007, it owned or leased 74 skilled nursing facilities and 13 assisted living facilities comprising approximately 10,100 licensed beds in California, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas. The company has a joint venture with APS Acquisition, LLC. that operates a pharmacy in Austin, Texas. Skilled Healthcare Group is based in Foothill Ranch, California.