Residents benefit from personal treatment plans developed by the Home’s highly skilled physical and occupational therapists.
The Jewish Home gives all residents the full opportunity to maximize their potential through skilled and restorative rehabilitation services. Our goal is for the residents to live as independently as possible.
Each day, nearly half the residents are scheduled to be seen in Rehabilitation. That works out to approximately 3,000 residents a year and 24,000 visits. A broad complement of services is provided to the Home’s residents by a highly-trained staff of licensed therapists and aides.
The Home’s director of Rehabilitation practices what he preaches (and provides), taking full advantage of the equipment available in the Herbst Fitness Center.
Mobility skills; pain management; balance; safety activities
Self-care skills; swallowing problems; wheelchair-positioning concerns
Communication; swallowing problems
Maintaining or increasing the resident’s strength, endurance and range of motion; continued pain management
Communication strategies for residents with hearing-loss
Physicians (physiatrists) specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation