Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center

About Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center

Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center in Cutler Bay, Florida, is a long-term care facility on an 11-acre campus in South Dade. It is licensed as a 163-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility serving adults, and is certified for both Medicare and Medicaid. The facility describes its adult resident population as diverse and reports that it is surveyed annually by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Its care setting combines long-term services with skilled nursing and rehabilitation.

Medical and skilled nursing care are available around the clock. The listed care team includes staff physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and dietitians. Staff training or licensure includes adult medicine, geriatrics, rehabilitation nursing, and restorative nursing. The facility also describes its staff as reflecting the diversity of its resident population. These details outline the clinical and nursing roles present, as well as the areas of training associated with care.

Occupational, physical, and speech therapy are among the center’s listed services. Music therapy, recreational therapy, and pet therapy are also named. Nutrition and social services are included in the service list, with dietitians identified separately as part of the care team. Spiritual services are available in English, Spanish, and Creole. Together, these offerings span therapy, recreation, nutrition, social support, and spiritual services alongside the facility’s medical and nursing care.

The center’s rehabilitation and restorative therapy programs include a spinal cord program affiliated with the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. This program is a specific feature of the facility’s rehabilitation offerings. The available description identifies its spinal cord focus and affiliation, while presenting it alongside other therapy services rather than as a separate type of residential care.

The Behavior Enrichment Structured Therapy program, known as B.E.S.T., serves residents with dementia and traumatic brain injuries. It meets five and a half days per week and is managed by a clinical social worker and two certified nursing assistants. This is a structured program identified for those resident groups. The facility’s description gives its meeting frequency and management team, as well as the conditions it serves.

Therapeutic recreation includes activities on campus and in the community through Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation. The program offers a variety of activities and is designed to reflect residents’ cultural preferences. Activities are conducted in English, Spanish, or Creole according to residents’ preferred language. Recreation therefore includes both campus-based and community-based programming, with language and cultural preferences incorporated into how activities are conducted.