05/24/23 Mirror photo by Walt Frank / HAIDA Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center resident Kelly Fox (left) chats with administrator Patrice Moorhead.

HASTINGS — HAIDA Healthcare & Rehabilitation in Hastings will mark its 40th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, June 9, with speakers, local food vendors, games and prizes, a petting zoo, face painting and more.

Known locally as HAIDA Manor, the facility was built in 1983 in the Hastings Industrial Park by the Hastings Area Industrial Development Association.

Guardian Healthcare has operated HAIDA Healthcare & Rehabilitation since 2016.

The nursing care facility offers physical, occupational and speech therapy and nursing care, as well as dietary services, activities and social services, said administrator Patrice Moorhead.

The facility, which has 75 part- and full-time employees, is licensed for 98 beds and currently has 81 residents, Moorhead said, noting that some people may only stay for a short time, while others call the facility home for several years.

Over the years, HAIDA Manor has added services, she said.

“We now specialize in wound care and tracheostomy care,” Moorhead said.

Providing a home-like environment has led to the success of HAIDA, she said.

“We make the individuals feel like family. … The compassion the staff shares,” she said. “We have a lot of longtime employees.”

Kelly Fox of Northern Cambria has been a resident since August.

“I was in Conemaugh and needed therapy for walking, so they sent me here,” Fox said. She also had a wound that needed care and credits HAIDA Manor for saving her leg.

“I still have balance issues, so I don’t want to be on my own,” Fox said. “I am taking it one day at a time. I love it here, I like being around the people, and the staff is wonderful. ”

HAIDA H&R is active in the community sponsoring sports teams and supporting the fire company and local businesses, Moorhead said.

“As a small community, every business is vital and Haida H&R has been a consistent source of employment for the Hastings area. It provides local care for our family members, so we can see them more frequently. We have personally experienced this for both long term and rehabilitation care. We believe the quality of care is enhanced because local employees are caring for local patients,” said President Richard Stewart of the Hastings Area Industrial Development Association. “We are thankful for having this quality facility in our community.”

Moorhead is optimistic about the future, stating the possibilities are endless and could include outpatient rehab services.

“We will be able to offer more services as newer things come out,” she said.