About
Where you belong
Hawkeye Care Center has been locally owned and operated for over 50 years. Mike Hamm founded Hawkeye Care Center, to provide an exceptional environment for aging adults, while instilling deeply rooted family values of integrity, trust and compassion.
With the growing demand of senior care on the rise, we outgrew our Asbury Rd location. In August 2018, we opened our new, State-of-the-art care center located at 5575 Pennsylvania Avenue. Our new facility was constructed to accommodate a variety of living situations whether it be short-term or long-term. We provide skilled nursing rehabilitation (i.e. physical, occupational, and speech therapy), assisted living, assisted living-memory care and long-term nursing care with restorative program.
Our facility is divided into four wings on two levels:
- The lower level includes the Transitional Care-Skilled Nursing Rehabilitation unit and Penn Suites, which is a long term care unit.
- The upper level includes Heacock Suites, a long term care unit, Heritage Suites – assisted living & Francis Suites – assisted living – memory care.
Our staff are deeply committed, highly compassionate professionals who’ve been with us for many years. They’re completely devoted to you and they pride themselves on providing care that’s consistently personalized, high-quality and enhanced by years of experience.
Why Hawkeye?
- Delicious meals with daily options (+ coffee & snacks)
- State of the art physical, occupational, and speech therapy gym and treatment rooms
- 24-hour nursing care access
- Engaging activities program with daily reminders
- Housekeeping service
- Locally owned and managed
Move-in Requirements
In order to be admitted at Hawkeye Care Center, we require:
- A Physician’s Order. Each resident must have a local physician who has provided a physician’s order to admit prior to being admitted whether coming from home or hospital.
- TB Skin Test. If the resident has not had a TB skin test within the past three months, they must have this before being admitted. If the resident has ever had a positive reading, a chest x-ray is recommended.
- Avoid lost clothing. All personal items that a resident brings into Hawkeye Care Center, must be marked with their name in a readable manner which is easily visible to the laundry staff. The offic can provide you with a permanent marker. Families may also obtain printed tags to sew or iron-on to clothing from any fabric store.
- Smoking is Prohibited. There is a No Smoking policy including E-Cigs and chew for all residents at Hawkeye Care Center.
When you come to sign paperwork, you will need:
- Social Security Card
- Medicare Card
- Health insurance policy card, if there is one
- Documents, if they have been made out:
- Living Will
- Health Care Power of Attorney
- Financial Power of Attorney
In the know
- You are welcome to have vistors 24 hours a day
- Pets are welcome to visit. They must be on a leash and under the control of the owner at all times. You MUST provide of copy of the rabies certificate to the front desk at the time of visitation.
- Some residents like to keep food in their room. If doing so, Hawkeye Care Center follows all state regulations regarding food safety.
- Since it is the nursing community's responsibility to ensure that food is safe for residents to eat, we must assume the authority to determine if food safety is a problem and remove food from a resident's room when necessary.
- Hawkeye Care Center is a smoke free campus. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the facility and anywhere on Hawkeye property. Smoking paraphernalia is not allowed to be stored in resident rooms.
- Gratuities and tips to employees from residents and families are not necessary and are strictly prohibited.
- Room decor is allowed to be hung on the walls. We are asking for you NOT to use nails but rather command hanging strips.
- Phone: there are NO phone lines in residents' room. If the resident would like their own personal phone line we recommend that you buy a MagicJack Go.
