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The floor
Seven thousand square feet of open, daylit space with a nurses' station in the middle, a stage and a taped walking track.
- Nurses' station
- Walking track
- Stage
Adult day health · Midland, Texas
Your shift starts at six. So do we.
Permian Day Health is a licensed adult day health center open fourteen hours a day, six days a week, for families who work the oil field, the hospital and everything in between. Nurses on the floor, therapy, three meals and vans that start running before sunrise.
- 5:30adoors open
- 14 hrsa day, six days a week
- 3nurses on every shift
Why we're open so early
Twelve-hour hitches don't wait for anyone's mother.
Yvette Ramírez spent fourteen years as a nurse in Midland watching the same thing happen: a son on a drilling rig, a daughter on night shift at the hospital, and a parent at home who wasn't safe alone anymore. Every adult day program in town closed at five. Shifts don't.
In 2014 she opened Permian Day Health in an old oil-field supply warehouse on Big Spring Street, with a nurses' station in the middle, a kitchen that cooks three meals, a shower suite, a therapy gym and vans that leave at 5:30 a.m. Today seventy-some members come through on a busy day: retired roughnecks and landmen, teachers, nurses, ranchers and grandmothers who still make the best tamales in West Texas.
— Yvette Ramírez, RN, founder and director
Nobody should have to choose between keeping a job and keeping Mom safe. We set our hours by the shift schedule so families don't have to.
Photo tour
On the floor
- 5:30adoors open
- 14 hrsa day, six days a week
- 3nurses on every shift
- 72members on a busy day
Rooms & suites
The building
One big open floor, and rooms built for the parts of the day that need them.
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The therapy gym
Parallel bars, practice stairs and treatment tables, Monday through Friday.
- Parallel bars
- Practice stairs
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The memory care room
A smaller, calmer room with its own staff, music and a door to the shade garden.
- Own staff
- Garden door
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The quiet room
Recliners and dim light for naps on long days.
- Recliners
- Blackout shades
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The shower suite
Two roll-in showers and trained aides, so bath day is one less job at home.
- Roll-in showers
- Grab bars
Sample family reviews
On the record
I work fourteen and seven on a rig in Reeves County. Permian is the only reason Mama can stay in her own house.
I'm a night-shift nurse. I drop Dad at 6:15 on the way home and pick him up after I sleep. He eats three meals there. He's gained back the weight he lost.
My husband was a pumper for thirty-five years. He and Earl rebuilt a generator at the shop bench. It runs better than mine.
Marcus noticed Mom's oxygen was dropping at lunch and called her pulmonologist. She was seen that afternoon.
Abuela talks with Lupe in the kitchen every Friday about tamales. It's the happiest she gets all week.
Saturday program. That's it. That's the review.
Priya had Dad walking the track without his walker four months after his stroke.
Rosa got Dad's VA benefit approved while I was out on a hitch. I didn't make a single call.
The daily text with a picture of Mom at bingo is the best part of my shift.
My wife has Alzheimer's and doesn't do well in crowds. The memory care room is quiet and Toni is a saint.
I can work overtime again without lying awake about Dad.
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Medication administration, morning to evening
Breakfast, noon and supper doses, logged and double-checked.
Included
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Physical and occupational therapy
Licensed therapists on site Monday through Friday.
By referral
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Breakfast, lunch and supper
Three hot meals for long days. Diabetic, renal and soft diets followed.
IncludedOur team
The crew
Yvette Ramírez, RN
Founder and director
Marcus Odom, RN
Director of nursing
Dr. Priya Raman, DPT
Therapy director
Rosa Delgado, LMSW
Social worker
Admissions
Getting started, in one call
Our intake coordinator gets you from first call to first day, usually within a week.
- A home assessment scheduled around your shift
- Benefits and waiver paperwork handled
- A van route built for your drop-off time
- A check-in call after the first week
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Hospital · Preferred Day Program
- Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
- Energy Employers Council · Family-Friendly Partner
- Top Workplaces · Small Employer
- College Nursing Program · Clinical Partner
- Alzheimer's Support Network · Partner Site
Now hiring
Good people make Permian Day Health Center. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find us on Big Spring Street
- 1415 N Big Spring Street
Midland, TX
Free lot on the north side with a covered drop-off lane. Trucks and trailers park on the east row. - (432) 555-0172
- Text us
- frontdesk@permiandayhealth.example
- PermianDayHealth
Tour & office hours
- Program, Mon – Fri5:30a – 7:30p
- Saturday program7a – 5p
- Tours, Mon – Sat8a – 4p
- Families drop inAny time we are open
Doors open at 5:30. Coffee's already on.
Book a tour any day we're open, or bring your parent for a free day with breakfast, lunch and the van.