Highland Hills

• Located on 55 beautiful acres in Oconee County, Highland Hills provides residential living with all the comforts of home
• Full calendar of social, educational, cultural and recreational activities.
• Transportation services offered
• Protected walkways connected to main building where residents enjoy restaurant-style dining, sitting rooms, library, and beauty and barbershops

Assisted Living

• Spacious studio rooms in a quiet, home-like atmosphere
• Care coordinated by a Registered Nurse. Personal Care staff available 24 hours a day for assistance with bathing, dressing and medication management.
• Three delicious meals and two nutritious snacks served daily.

Independent Living

• Spacious one and two bedroom apartments with fully equipped kitchens, emergency call buttons and personal balconies/patios.
• One evening meal served daily in main dining room.

Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care

• Designed to maximize safety and comfort, decrease stress and confusion and encourage visits from family and loved ones.
• Spacious, open layout allowing staff to monitor residents at all times.
• 34 private rooms, including six suites for couples. Apartments are unfurnished with plenty of space for personnel furniture, belongings and reminders of family.
• Unobtrusive, state of the art security system to help protect patients prone to wandering.

• Three meals a day plus snacks, with a kitchen staff experienced in preparing meals for residents who have special dietary needs.
• Resident care coordinated by a Registered Nurse and staff fully trained in providing care with dignity and respect.
• Structured activities designed to increase stimulation and reduce agitation.
• Enclosed, all-weather connection to Highland Hills retirement community.

Care Alert

• Personal response service
• One-button access to help in emergencies and
• Non-emergencies
• Allows many older adults to continue living independently in their own homes
• Staffed by certified Care Alert monitors

Neurosciences

• North Georgia's first Joint Commission-Certified Primary Stroke Center, continuously certified since 2004
• Neuroscience Center of Excellence since 2006
• Emergency protocols for fast, effective treatment
• Dedicated neuroscience operating room
• Neuroscience Critical Care Unit
• Region’s only inpatient acute rehabilitation center, The Center for Rehabilitative Medicine
• Continuing care after discharge

Orthopedics

• Joint Commission-certifies in Knee Replacement Surgery
• North Georgia’s only High Performance Joint Replacement Center
• Expert care: More than 5,000 hip & knee replacements performed by the area’s leading orthopedic surgeons.
• One of two hospitals in the nation offering high performance replacement joints developed by Stryker Orthopaedics.
• High patient satisfaction ratings
• Intensive rehab, fast return to activity to maximize benefits
• Continuing care after discharge

Cardiology

• Affiliated with Oconee Heart and Vascular Center, a full-service cardiac practice
• Emergency, inpatient and outpatient care for heart attack, heart failure and other cardiovascular conditions, with excellent door-to-balloon times in cardiac emergencies
• State-of-the-art cardiac catheterization/electrophysiology laboratory offering a therapeutic cardiac catheterization including angioplasty and stenting
• Expert pacemaker implantation
• Cardiac Rehab Phase I and II at St. Mary’s Hospital and Phase III at St. Mary’s Wellness Center
• Heart Failure Program certified by the Joint Commission; one of the first 25 certified centers in the U.S.
• Continuing care after discharge

Urology and Continence Care

• Introducing the area’s first da Vinci Surgical System. Patient benefits include significantly less pain, less scarring, shorter recovery time.
• Full range of personalized, confidential services
• Exercise, biofeedback and other non-invasive therapies
• Inpatient and outpatient surgical and non-surgical care
• Kidney stone therapy, including lithotripsy
• Complete prostate care

Rehabilitation

• Hospital-based Rehab – Modern, compassionate physical, occupational and speech/language therapy provided in your room or St. Mary’s Hospital’s Rehab Services gym
• Center for Rehabilitative Medicine – 20-bed unit providing acute inpatient PT, OT and SLP services. Only facility of its kind in Athens area
• Home Health Rehab – Joint commission-accredited and state-licensed. PT, OT and SLP services in your home. Serving the region since 1970.
• Outpatient Rehab – Convenient, freestanding clinic. Expert staff. Complete range of equipment and services. 2470 Daniells Bridge Road, Athens
• Cardiac Rehab – Friendly, compassionate, experienced and safe. Phase II exercise and lifestyle program at St. Mary’s Hospital; Phase III maintenance program at St. Mary’s Wellness Center

Home HealthCare

• Full range of home-based health care services since 1970.
• Nursing services, medication direction, rehabilitation, dietary counseling, medical social work, pastoral care, home health aides and more.
• Focus areas include but are not limited to chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke and diabetes.

Home Hospice

• Compassionate end-of-life care for patients with terminal illnesses and their families since 1991.
• Services emphasize dignity, respect, compassion, education and pain management.
• Physical therapy, speech therapy and nutritional counseling available to provide care related to comfort
• Grief support workshops offered throughout the year
• Hospice House on the campus of Highland Hills provides inpatient and respite care for patients of all ages. Encompasses 12 private patient rooms in a comforting environment.

Wellness Center

• Individualized exercise programs and classes
• Clean, fully equipped gym
• Area’s only Medical Fitness Facility, meeting the needs of all levels and abilities
• Low-stress, no-Spandex environment
• Experienced, compassionate, professional staff
• Supervised exercise, massage, reflexology, personal training
• Convenient location: 2470 Daniells Bridge Rd, just off GA 316

And much more

• Direct Admission

  – Our pre-registered older adult patients experience a quicker check-in process.

• Mission Services

  – Qualified chaplains provide spiritual care and patient representatives are advocates for older adult patients. 100 Percent line is available 24 hours a day to voice compliments and concerns about care

• Hospitalist Program

  – Athens’ first hospitalist program. If your physician uses this service, your care will be supervised by a board-certified hospitalist while you are an inpatient at St. Mary’s. Our hospitalists are specially trained in the health care needs of hospital patients. A hospitalist is on site 24 hours a day. Our hospitalist team works closely with your physician to ensure high quality care and a smooth transition after your discharge.

• Support Groups

  – Joint Support Group for those living with arthritis; Stroke Support Group for those who have survived stroke. Caregivers, adult family members welcome. (706) 389-2900.

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At St. Mary’s, we know it’s not just about living longer – it’s about living better.

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