January 2017 Department Discovery: Short Term Rehabilitation

The January 2017 Department Discovery shines a light on the Short Term Rehabilitation department at The Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center in Gillette, Wyoming.

Short-term care is focused on getting people back to their homes after hospitalization with a daily therapy schedule, such as physical or speech therapy, and help with the activities of daily living like dressing and cooking meals. Candidates for short term rehab are individuals who have experienced the following:

• Stroke
• prolonged hospitalization
• total joint replacement
• functional or physical decline
• major surgery
• trauma

For those who don’t know, rehabilitation is all about movement, healing and regaining the lifestyle patient’s desire. Short-term rehab patients enjoy their own separate wing at The Legacy, with private rooms and bathrooms, and direct access to the large rehab gym, which is full of natural light and innovative therapeutic equipment to meet every patient’s individualized care plan.

Short term rehab services include:

• Physical, occupational and speech therapies with licensed professionals
• Individualized therapies include but are not limited to: balance, strength, dressing, simplifying tasks, pressure reduction, communication, speech, swallowing and energy conservation
• A local physiatrist to assure that the patients are medically stable to participate in therapies. The physiatrist will also guide the physical, occupational and speech therapists with individualized practices to achieve the best outcomes for each patient.
• Care managers can assist with the admission and insurance coverage process

This year, the Short Term Rehab department is looking forward to collaborating with nursing in order to develop and implement a Restorative Nursing Program within The Legacy. This program will enable residents to live a higher quality of life while in the long term care facility.

A big round of applause to the Short Term Rehabilitation team at The Legacy! Thank you for all that you do in keeping our community healthy.

Learn more about Short Term Rehabilitation at www.cchwyo.org/STR.