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Physical therapy seven days a week
Walking, balance, stairs and strength, including weekends, so recovery doesn't stall on a Saturday.
Medicare Part A
Skilled nursing & rehab · Lufkin, Texas
Strong enough to go home. Cared for until you do.
Ninety-six beds under the East Texas pines, with therapy seven days a week, licensed nurses on every hall and a team that has been looking after Angelina County since 1979.
- 1979caring for Angelina County
- 7 daysof therapy a week for short-stay patients
- 96beds, 40 of them for rehab
No. 01 · Who we are
A hospital stay ends. The getting better happens here.
Most people meet us on the worst week of their year: a fall at the deer lease, a new hip, a bout of pneumonia that left a strong man too weak to stand. They arrive by ambulance from the hospital across town, and our first job is to make the room feel less like one.
Our second job is to send them home. The therapy gym opens at seven, the discharge planner meets every family in the first three days, and the nurses who care for our long-term residents bring the same steadiness to people who are only passing through.
— Charlotte Easley, Administrator
- 1979caring for Angelina County
- 7 daysof therapy a week for short-stay patients
- 96beds, 40 of them for rehab
- 24/7licensed nurses on every hall
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Discharge planning from day three
Equipment, home health referral, a home-safety talk and a phone call 48 hours after you leave.
Included
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Licensed nurses on every hall, every shift
RNs and LVNs around the clock, with an RN supervisor in the building day and night.
24/7No. 03 · Rooms
Rooms with a window on the pines
Every room has a call system, an electric bed and a window. Rehab suites sit closest to the gym.
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Short-stay rehab suite
A private room steps from the therapy gym, set up for the weeks between hospital and home.
- Private bath with roll-in shower
- Electric bed
- TV and Wi-Fi
- Closest to the gym
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Private long-term room
Room for a favorite chair, the family quilt and a wall of photographs. It is home, and we treat it that way.
- Private half bath
- Bring your own furniture
- Window on the courtyard
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Large private room
Our biggest rooms, with space for a lift chair, a writing desk and a family that likes to visit all at once.
- Private bath
- Medicaid accepted
- Two closets
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Garden-side private room
A quieter room on the north hall, looking out toward the pines and the bird feeders.
- Private bath
- Garden view
- Room for a recliner
No. 04 · Photo tour
A week at Angelina Pines
Our team
The people on the hall
Charlotte Easley, LNFA
Administrator
Marcus Bell, RN
Director of Nursing
Anita Raman, MD
Medical Director
Jared Whitley, PT, DPT
Director of Rehabilitation
Sample family reviews
Families and patients, in their words
I came in on a stretcher after my knee replacement and walked out twenty-two days later. Jared had me climbing the four steps to my own porch before they let me leave.
Daddy had a stroke in March. They worked with him on a Sunday, which surprised me. He's back at the house with home health now and feeding his cows.
Mama has lived here three years. Marcus knows her medications better than I do, and he calls me before I have to call him.
Dana sat with us for an hour going through the Medicaid paperwork. We would have quit on page two without her.
The wound on Dad's heel had been open for months. Six weeks here and it closed. The nurse showed me pictures every Friday so I could see it healing.
My husband loves the catfish on Fridays and the ball game on the radio. It's small things, but they are his things.
We toured before my surgery so I knew which room I'd be in. That took half the fear out of it.
Insurance & payment
Paying for nursing and rehab care
Our business office checks every family's coverage before admission and puts the numbers in writing.
Medicare Part A
Up to 100 days of skilled nursing and rehab after a qualifying hospital stay. The first 20 days are fully covered.
Medicare Advantage
We work with most plans serving East Texas and request authorization before admission.
Texas Medicaid
Covers long-term nursing facility care for residents who qualify. We help with the application.
Private pay, insurance and VA
Private pay, long-term care insurance and VA benefits are welcome. Ask us to check eligibility.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' poll · Favorite nursing home in Angelina County
- Regional hospital system · Preferred rehab partner
- Chamber of Commerce · Employer of the Year
- State survey · Deficiency-free year
- Local newspaper · Best place to work in health care
- Wound care program · Five-year recognition
Activities & dining
This week at the Pines
A sample week. The full calendar is posted on every hall and mailed to families each month.
Mon
- Morning stretch in the gym
- Bingo for quarters
Tue
- Garden club on the patio
Wed
- Gospel hymn sing with a local choir
Thu
- Manicures and the beauty shop
Fri
- Catfish lunch
- Football on the radio in the great room
Sun
- Chapel service and Sunday dinner with families
For families
For families
The practical things, so you can spend the visit on the visit.
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Visiting
Come any time, day or night. Sign in at the front desk and join a meal whenever you like.
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Care conferences
You will meet the nurse, therapist, social worker and dietitian in the first week, then every quarter and whenever care changes.
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Watching therapy
Rehab families are welcome in the gym. Seeing the exercises helps you help at home.
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Laundry and labels
Label clothing with a laundry marker and we wash it on site. Our staff can label items on move-in day.
Now hiring
Nurses and aides who want to stay a while: steady halls, real training and weekend therapy partners who show up.
Visit
North on Pinecrest, past the hospital
- 2214 Pinecrest Drive
Lufkin, TX
Visitor parking wraps the front circle under the pines. Rehab families can use the therapy entrance on the east side, closest to the gym. - (936) 555-0138
- Text us
- admissions@angelinapines.example
- Angelina Pines Health & Rehabilitation
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 6p
- Admissions, every day8a – 8p
- Business office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Rehab families are welcome to sit in on therapy. Ask the gym for the day's schedule.
Going home is the plan. Let's start it now.
Call admissions from the hospital and we can usually accept a patient the same day.