Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation & Care Center is a 5 star rated facility by Medicare and Medicaid. They are a 99 bed skilled nursing facility located in Redlands, California. Acquired in 2010 and renovated in 2011, Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation & Care Center is one of the loveliest facilities in Southern California.

Although beautiful and comfortable, Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation & Care Center is a skilled nursing facility which provides several specialized programs to meet the needs of residents. First and foremost is our Stroke/Head trauma program designed to provide a high level of service to those with physical and mental limitations associated with head injuries. The rehabilitation team also excels in orthopedic rehabilitation for knees, backs, hips, etc. – both surgical and non-surgical.

In today’s environment, most skilled nursing facilities desire residents who will remain with the facility for only short term stays receiving skilled nursing or rehabilitation services. At Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation they are not only happy to return residents back to their home after only a short visit, but value their long term residents, the people they grow to know not only as residents, but as friends. It is this relationship that develops activity programs, creates menus, and makes the team better nurses, housekeepers, and managers. Knowing the residents makes it easier to provide a fuller and more enjoyable life for them at the facility. Their hope is that residents look at Asistencia Villa as their home and not as simply a nursing home, no matter their length of stay.

Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation & Care Center offers a premier Stroke/Head Trauma program designed to provide a high level of service to those with physical and mental limitations associated with head injuries. The program includes weekly physician rounds and registered nursing care 24 hours per day.

The facility also prides themselves on their Wound Care Program which provides treatment to a variety of wounds including those attributed to:

• Venous insufficiency
• Arterial insufficiency
• Surgical sites
• Traumatic injury
• Pressure and Diabetes

To address these needs they provide weekly physician evaluations and designated treatment nurses for continuity in monitoring progress and effectiveness of rendered treatments.

Recognizing the clinical complexities already being provided by the staff at Asistencia Villa Rehabilitation & Care Center, they have submitted our application to the California Department of Public Health requesting that 24 of our beds be converted to a sub-acute unit. This will allow Asistencia Villa to further meet the needs of our community in providing much needed services to those residents who often times have difficulty finding placement due to their needs for a higher level of care usually provided in an acute care hospital.

On Saturday, November 4^th close to 200 dogs were let out at Sylvan Park with masters in tow… heading out for a 5K walk.

As they gathered at the start tails were wagging, and proud pup parents were showing off. The DJ sounded the start of the event with “Who Let the Dogs Out” and it was clear the Redlands Chamber of Commerce did as the mega pack headed out.

Greeted at the finish line by enthusiastic volunteers, dog treats, water and official dog tags were handed out to every team. Some pooches more pooped then others, some owners suffering the same ailment but the fun was shared by all.

The Dog Jog could not have been possible without the generous support of race sponsors, Barich & Associates, Alta Vista Credit Union, All Four Paws Pet Services, SCE, Allstate Ins. Pacific Specialties Insurance Services , Super 8 Hotel. Storage West, Jam Sportswear and Cotton Gin Fabrics; what a team!

The volunteers that secured the streets making the adventure safe are to be thanked, without them the course would not have been open and accessible. Special thanks to the Officer Derek Olson and his team that kept the street closure to a minimum. The Dog Jog Committee though wee in size was mighty indeed, Chairman Daney Bachiu, committee members Jill Riley, Todd Underwood, Mike Hokana, Penny Adams, Randy Diaz, Nancy Mitchell, Marisa Nodine, Danielle Nodine and Dick Dawson along with staff really out did themselves.

We are extremely happy to report that a portion of the proceeds went to REDFOSA, the volunteer organization that assists the Redlands Animal Shelter find “fur-ever” homes for hundreds of dogs, cats and more, each year.

The Redlands Chamber of Commerce and the City of Redlands have big plans for seeing in 2018. With the City’s efforts to enhance downtown Redlands throughout the holiday season, it only made sense that the “last hurrah of 2017” be a spectacular Orange Drop on the corner of Orange and State Streets.

Local restaurants and bars have embraced the idea of hundreds of revelers wandering from location to location as they anticipate the “drop”.

Bar tenders have been challenged to invent the very best Orange Drop Martini…. Patrons will be able to vote on the very best in town with a perpetual trophy awarded at nights end.

For years a similar celebration occurs in Time Square in New York City bringing thousands of visitors to the big apple. Smaller communities have their own “culture” driven drops including a pine cone in Flagstaff Az., a cowboy boot in New Mexico, a cheese wedge in Wisconsin and a peach in Georgia.

For those that want a more traditional way to see in the New Year, The Speakeasy on State is partnering with the event to present a spectacular dinner dance that will include, private parking, private Orange Drop viewing location, and all the trimmings of the traditional New Year’s Eve Party. Tickets can be purchased on line at Eventbrite.com-New Year’s Eve at the Speakeasy.