Delano is northern Kern County's largest city and one of the most historically significant agricultural towns in the state — the birthplace of the Delano grape strike and the farmworker movement led by Cesar Chavez and Larry Itliong. That history left Delano with a diverse working population: a large Latino community alongside one of the oldest Filipino agricultural communities in California and a growing Punjabi Sikh community. It is a young town by the numbers, but it carries a diabetes rate around 13% — among the highest in the region — and diabetic foot ulcers are the wound our clinicians treat most here. Delano has a hospital of its own in Adventist Health Delano, but specialty wound clinic care and complex vascular surgery still often route south to Bakersfield. For a table-grape or almond worker with a diabetic foot ulcer, or an aging parent in the same household, the repeated trip to a Bakersfield wound clinic — during harvest, in Central Valley summer heat — is exactly where a treatment plan collapses. Our licensed physicians and nurse practitioners bring the care to the home instead, across downtown Delano, the Cecil Avenue corridor, Albany Park, and the Country Club neighborhood. Because Delano's community speaks Spanish, Tagalog, and Punjabi in addition to English, clear instruction is a real challenge in diabetic limb preservation — and getting offloading and dressing-change steps right is what keeps a foot ulcer from becoming an amputation. Our coordination team arranges interpreter support when scheduling so nothing is lost in translation for the patient or the family member providing daily care. We coordinate with discharge planning teams at Adventist Health Delano, Adventist Health Bakersfield, and Kern Medical so patients leaving with a surgical wound, pressure injury, or diabetic ulcer transition to physician-led care at home without a gap. Visits are typically covered under Medicare Part B, Medicare Advantage, and most commercial plans. Our coordination line at 877-545-1300 is open 24/7. Call to arrange an assessment.
Call 877-545-1300 or request a provider to begin care. Healix360 serves Southern California and Nevada and accepts Medicare Part B and most major insurance plans.