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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 2 Full-Time Physical
Therapists, Debra Rossato and Rick Beaudoin
,2 Full-Time Physical Therapy Assistants and
2 Therapy Transport Aides. 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 de-conditioning as a result of
disuse
Parkinson's Disease
Early to middle stages of Alzheimer's
disease or other dementia
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
This department employs two (1) full-time
Occupational Therapist, Megan Jacobs, and
one Certified Occupational Therapy
Assistant, Ashley Clische.
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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