Longleaf, located in Wilson, North Carolina, provides specialized Skilled Nursing services to adults in the western and central regions of the state with chronic, complex medical conditions that co-exist with neurological conditions often related to a diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness (including but not limited to gero- disorders or dementia, such as Alzheimer's). Services include:
-Services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness that also have long-term medical conditions requiring residential, medical and nursing care. These residents are referred solely from the State psychiatric hospitals; and
-Services to adults with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or related dementia whose assaultive and combative behavior has resulted in a denial of care in traditional nursing home settings.