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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 1 Full-Time Physical Therapist, Debra
Rossato ,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 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 two (2) full-time Occupational
Therapists, and one Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.
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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