Rehabilitation
      The facility is proud to be able to provide a full onsite out-patient Rehab Clinic. (CORF) Residents do not have to leave the facility to receive these services and this allows for a more frequent and continuous rehabilitation plan. They are located on the third floor of the building in the skyway area connecting to Victorian Heights Assisted Living. Residents are escorted with assistance to their appointments by transport personnel. "Skyway Rehab" welcomes out-patient therapy appointments and you may utilize these services by asking your Physician for a referral.

       
      Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy
      Services by either department are prescribed by a resident's physician at any time of need.  Their main goal is to see the resident achieve maximum potential, regardless if they are returning home or staying indefinitely.  The PT/OT department hours are Monday through Friday, 7 am to 3 pm.Both departments are available to assist the nursing staff, resident and families with obtaining appropriate equipment, such as: wheelchairs, walkers, canes, orthotics, prostheses, positioning equipment,etc.  This is facility wide and a resident does not have to be a current client of PT or OT to receive these services.  Catalogs are available to residents and family or concerned parties through which adaptive equipment can be purchased.  Both therapies help residents with all types of challenges,working to restore or improve physical abilities. They adapt resident's surroundings to help them cope with effects of disease, injury or aging.


      PHYSICAL THERAPY:

      This department employs 1 Full-Time Physical Therapist, Debra Rossato, PT,1 Full-Time Physical Therapy Assistant, Deanna Piwarski,PTA, 1 Physical Therapy Aide and a Therapy Transport Aide.  Their main goal is to maximize a resident's level of functioning through:
       

        Gait training and/or re-education

        Therapeutic exercise and strengthening programs

        Balance training

        Endurance training

        Safely skill education

        Wheelchair mobility training

        Use of therapeutic modalities and equipment

        Proper positioning in bed and wheelchair


      Diagnoses most often seen include but are not limited to: 
      Strokes/CVA
      Fractures
      Arthritis
      General weakness as a secondary diagnosis to a debilitating primary diagnosis or surgical procedure
      General deconditioning as a result of disuse
      Parkinson's Disease
      Early to middle stages of Alzheimer's disease or other dementia

      OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
      This department employs one full-time Occupational Therapist, Lisa Waldo, OT, and an Occupational Therapy Assistant, Ashley Jones, OTA.
      Occupational therapists work with the residents on restoring and/or maintaining:

        Mobility
        Coordination
        Thinking/reasoning skills
        Activities for daily living
      Many times following a debilitating illness tasks that were everyday functions have to be retaught or structured.  Treatment is based on the individual's abilities, interests, education and background. 

      Treatment involves "purposeful activity".  Occupational therapists often use work hardening techniques (techniques that mirror actual work) to help residents return to higher functioning and possibly home.  They work with "self care tasks" helping to develop or maintain skills needed with:
       

        mobility
        cooking and feeding
        dressing
        hygiene
        transportation
        money management
        housework
        laundry
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