(Wheeler) – Bryan Boon, an Oregon Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, was recently named the new Administrator at the Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler, Oregon. Boon has nursing home and hospital experience having previously worked in a variety of health care roles, including rehabilitation services, as a surgical aide and Certified Nursing Assistant at facilities in the Northwest and in Arizona. Boon is now a full-time resident of north Tillamook County.
Jessica Case, RN/BSN has also joined the Care Center staff as the facility’s Director of Nursing Services. Case has extensive healthcare experience in both hospital and nursing facility settings and is passionate about providing excellent patient care and developing Best Practices. Case is also now a full-time resident of north Tillamook County.
The Nehalem Valley Care Center, owned by the Nehalem Bay Health District, is our region’s only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, in fact the only facility of its kind between Astoria and Newport on the Oregon coast.
The facility provides 24-hour Skilled/Long Term Care nursing care for residents and offers physical/Occupational/Speech therapy services as well and is licensed by the state of Oregon. The Care Center is one of Tillamook County’s largest employers with staff that includes Registered Nurses (RN’s), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), food service, maintenance, administrative and business office personnel.
The Care Center is managed for the Health District through an agreement with Canyon Wren Consulting LLC, an Oregon nursing home management firm.
For information on the Care Center’s CNA training program contact Lynnelee Baertlein at lbaertlein@nvcarecenter.org or call #503-436-3450.
For more information on the Nehalem Valley Care Center and the services it provides visit: https://nehalemcarecenter.com
