The California Armenian Home is fully licensed for residential and skilled nursing care. It was founded in 1952 to care for the elderly Armenians in central California. The facility is located in Fresno, Calif., and is certified by Medicare and MediCal. The facility provides skilled nursing for the management of complex, medical and rehabilitation services. It specializes in physical, occupational and speech therapies. Its physical therapy focuses on providing progressive services that include evaluation, treatment and ongoing assessment to restore function and improve general mobility through both walking and transfer skills. The community s occupational therapy treatment is provided to increase one s independence of daily living activities, such as dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, safety and security, home management and community skills. In addition, the California Armenian Home s speech therapy provides evaluation and treatment of communication, swallowing and memory disorders resulting from illness, injury and neurological impairment.