Short-Term Rehabilitation

Short-Term Rehabilitation

Restorative Nursing/Short-term Rehabilitation, recuperation from a major medical event such as surgery can be challenging. Round the clock care by a professional nursing staff can speed up the recuperation process. Careful attention to nutrition, pain management, mobility and cognition can significantly reduce recuperation time.

Our highly trained rehab professionals are dedicated to helping your loved ones safely return to the community. After our therapists evaluate each individual’s status and needs, each patient is placed on a comprehensive individualized rehab program to meet their specific goals. With the help of our Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapists each patient works towards their personal goals, community reintegration and home environment negotiation. Sessions are spent on becoming more independent in activities of daily living, functional mobility, changing positions, walking, communicating with others, self-feeding and safe swallowing (when needed by the patient).

Occupational Therapy

Our Occupational Therapy program is designed to provide treatment for individuals with physical, psychosocial, developmental disabilities, traumatic injuries, and common conditions, injuries and illnesses associated with aging. The ultimate goal is to enable the patient to achieve his/her optimal level of self-care, productivity and independence in order to return to their prior level of function in the community.

OT treatment services may include therapeutic exercises, neuromuscular re-education, visual-spatial training, Activities of daily living re-training (dressing, grooming, hygiene/toileting, bathing), therapeutic activities, body mechanics/body awareness, cognitive training, wheelchair training, orthotic/splint training, use of adaptive devices to assist in independence, sensory-motor training, and pain management through the use of therapeutic treatment and modalities.

Physical Therapy

Our Physical Therapy program focuses on helping each patient gain strength, develop and improve balance, activity tolerance, functional mobility, correct their gait pattern (walking pattern) and reduce pain in order to safely return to the community. Our professionals are here to help your loved one return to their highest level of safe activity.

PT treatment services may include range of motion, stretching, strengthening exercises, balance exercises and testing, gait training to use the least restrictive device (cane, walkers, rollators, crutches, etc), wheelchair mobility, prosthetic and orthotic assessment and training, pain management through multiple treatments and modalities, community re-integration activities, bed mobility training, transfer training, gait and stair training. These modalities are used in conjunction with other therapeutic techniques in order to restore each individual to their highest level of independence.

Speech, Language and Swallowing Therapy

Our Speech Pathologists will assess, diagnose and treat disorders related to speech, language, cognitive function, communication, voice and swallowing difficulties. The therapist will help individuals to improve their speech, voice, language and memory in order to communicate more effectively. Speech therapists also work with individuals to strengthen muscles for swallowing to ensure safe eating and drinking.