Therapy

Inpatient

• Experience in cognitive testing
• Provide education to the patient and family to maximize the benefit of therapy
• Design treatment plans to meet your individual needs
• Provide the personal attention that you/your loved one deserves

Outpatient

• Expertise in the Geriatric population
• Expertise in Cognitive testing
• Create a smooth transition to the home setting, prevent falls, improve function and decrease pain
• Provide quality services to former inpatients, employees injured on the job and for any member of the community

Key Questions to ask your therapist:

• Which therapies will the patient be receiving?
• What therapeutic activities will be included?
• How much improvement can we expect?
• Are there activities we can do to increase progress?
• What contributing factors are helpful for an early discharge?
• How can we continue to keep the patient motivated?
• What can we provide to promote optimum therapeutic progress?
• Can family observe therapy?
• How long will the patient receive therapy?

Family members are welcome to attend therapy sessions and if you have questions- please ask any of our therapists.

Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy

Physical Therapy

• Improve walking, transfers, bed mobility, balance and safety awareness
• Reduce falls
• Assess and train appropriate use of assistive devices
• Relieve pain due to musculoskeletal and neurological conditions
• Decrease/control edema (swelling) in arms and legs
• Assist in healing of pressure ulcers, burns and other wounds
• Teach patients to lower limb prostheses
• Fabricate/obtain and fit orthotic devices

Occupational Therapy

• Retrain activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Energy conservation techniques
• Contracture management
• Wheelchair mobility
• Positioning
• Fine motor movements of upper extremities
• Safety skills
• Visual perceptual deficits
• Adaptive equipment
• Upper limb prosthesis
• Increase upper limb functional use

Speech Language Pathology

• Increase communications, comprehension, memory and cognition
• Use of artificial larynx
• Use of devices and techniques to offset hearing loss
• Exercises, techniques and modifications to offset swallowing problems (dysphasia)