Manor Care, Inc

Manor Care, Inc. provides a range of health care services, including skilled nursing care, assisted living, post-acute medical and rehabilitation care, hospice care, home health care, and rehabilitation therapy services in the United States. The company, through its skilled nursing centers, offers physical, speech, respiratory, and occupational therapy for patients recovering from strokes, heart attacks, orthopedic conditions, illnesses, and injuries or disabilities. These centers also provide nutrition services, social services, activities, housekeeping, and laundry services. The company also operates assisted living centers, which provide personal care services and assistance with general activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, and medication management. Its post-acute medical and rehabilitation care services comprise medical and rehabilitation programs for patients recovering from major surgery; severe injury; or serious cardiovascular, respiratory, infectious, endocrine, or neurological illnesses. The company also provides services and facilities to care for Alzheimer’s patients in early, middle, and advanced stages of the disease. Its hospice and home health care services focus on physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of individuals facing a life-limiting illness; wound care and dressing changes; infusion therapy; cardiac rehabilitation; and physical, occupational and speech therapies. Its home health aides also assist with daily activities. The company also provides rehabilitation therapy services in skilled nursing centers, as well as at work sites, schools, hospitals, and other health care settings. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated 278 skilled nursing facilities, 65 assisted living facilities, 116 hospice and home health offices, and 92 outpatient therapy clinics. Manor Care was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. As of December 21, 2007, Manor Care Inc. was taken private.