Rehabilitation

Our experienced rehabilitation team is committed to providing outstanding results and excellent quality of care. Residents are empowered through individualized programs to reach goals of increased strength, independence, and ability. Resident families are encouraged to participate in therapy sessions, caregiver education, and training. We offer outpatient therapy services so that our patients are able to continue to receive care with their same therapists from the time they are admitted to our facility and through coming back for follow-up care with the same therapy team.

Physical Therapy

Our physical therapy team works toward specific goals of achieving the resident’s highest functional level of independence. Physical therapy focuses on the assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with physical impairment and pain, as well as future injury prevention. Following the evaluation, our experienced physical therapists develop an individualized treatment program.

Areas of treatment focus may include:

• Increase strength, mobility, and flexibility
• Increase motor control for a resident who has suffered a stroke
• Improve coordination, balance, and the ability to walk following a fracture or surgery
• Improve overall strength conditioning, range of motion, and endurance
• Pain management
• Teaching proper body mechanics to prevent injury
• Promoting safety awareness for the well being of the resident

Occupational Therapy

Our professional occupational therapists use task-directed activities in the treatment of our residents whose functional abilities, daily activities, and independence have been impaired by illness, injury, or aging.

Occupational therapy assists our residents in adapting to their social and physical environment by mastering tasks essential for daily living. Our occupational therapists may work with residents who have debilitating arthritic conditions or those with difficulty bathing, dressing, and other activities of daily living. They assist residents with impaired vision and/or hearing to function well in their environment.

Areas of treatment may include:

• Functional independence: eating, bathing, toileting, homemaking, cooking, etc.
• Maintenance of wellness: dressing and grooming
• Prevention of further disability: home assessments and modifications, adaptive equipment
• Increasing safety awareness

Speech Therapy

Our speech therapists provide a range of interventions to assess and help restore abilities in the areas of communication, swallowing, and cognition. Treatment programs are designed to help residents affected by stroke, brain injury, dementia, and other neurological disorders. Our professionals also work with residents suffering from hearing impairment, respiratory illnesses, and complex medical conditions.

Areas of treatment focus may include:

• Improving speech and voice clarity
• Increasing comprehension and verbal expression
• Improving chewing and swallowing ability
• Maximizing cognitive language skills: memory, problem-solving, and abstract reasoning
• Resident and family/caregiver education and training for managing ongoing difficulties with communication, cognition, and swallowing

“Many thanks to all of you for your care, kindness, and love during my stay. Thanks to Kris and his staff for getting me ‘back on my feet.’ Sincerely, V.H.”