Near Heather Hill Healthcare Center, New Port Richey
Assisted living near Heather Hill Healthcare Center
A rehab stay at Heather Hill Healthcare Center is meant to be short. When it is time for the next step, our nearer community sits about 53 minutes north in Homosassa.
Heather Hill Healthcare Center sits in west Pasco County, in New Port Richey along US 19. If your parent is finishing rehab there and cannot safely live alone, assisted living is often the next step. The nearer of our two family owned communities is Sugarmill Manor in Homosassa, about 53 minutes north, and The Gardens in Crystal River is a bit further.
That is a real drive up the coast, which we say plainly. Families who want a smaller coastal community, or who have relatives in Citrus County, make it. If a closer option fits better, choose what is closest.
Rehab and assisted living are not the same thing
Skilled nursing rehab is short term medical care and therapy after a hospital stay. Assisted living is a home, with help for bathing, dressing, meals, and medications and caregivers on site around the clock, but not hospital level nursing. Our assisted living page shows what a day looks like.
The full sequence is the same across the region, so we keep it in one place: how the move from rehab to assisted living works.
Ask Heather Hill whether a rehab stay counted as inpatient or observation. Only inpatient nights count toward Medicare's skilled nursing coverage.
A short stay while you decide
You do not have to commit to a full move the week rehab ends. A short respite stay lets a parent keep recovering in a real apartment while you tour and compare at your own pace.
When you are ready, schedule a tour at either community, or call us to talk it through first.
Ask about a short stay first
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