Morse Geriatric Center

Founded in Lake Worth, Fla., Finnish-American Rest Home is a nonprofit, more than 150-bed assisted living facility. Founded in 1970, it serves the senior members of the Finnish community. Finnish-American Rest Home has various departments, such as transportation, dietary, medical records, housekeeping and maintenance. Its transportation department offers a fleet of minibuses that includes wheelchair-access. The organization s housekeeping department offers a variety of services, including changing linen, cleaning bathrooms and washing floors. It provides a wide variety of activities for its residents, such as trips, reading, arts and crafts, exercises, celebrations, concerts and musical performances. Additionally, it offers a variety of medical and nursing facilities, including various therapies.

The Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center is a 280-bed facility that offers long-term care and short-term rehabilitation services. It has a 24-hour, full-time staff of physicians and skilled nursing care providers, as well as a board-certified, fellowship-trained medical director and geriatric nurse practitioners. The center offers audiology, dental, dermatology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, podiatry, optometry and physiatry services. The Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center features a beauty salon, gift shop and specialty clinics. It also offers family counseling, rehabilitation therapy, culinary and nutritional, and housekeeping and laundry services. The center organizes a variety of therapeutic recreational, social and religious activities, including Jewish holiday services and celebrations. The Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center is located in West Palm Beach, Fla.