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Accelerated Care Plus
Pleasant Ridge Manor East and West is participating in the clinical
rollout of the Accelerated Care Plus (ACP) Advanced Modality Program. The ACP Program is a physical agent
modality based set of treatment protocols and state-of-the-art equipment
designed to specifically benefit our geriatric population. The equipment, protocols and therapist
education and training provide a significant advantage in the management of
those clinical conditions that have historically been the most difficult
for therapists to effectively treat and achieve improved functional
outcomes.
The most common clinical conditions that generally respond well to the
ACP program protocols include:
Pain: Ultrasound, Shortwave Diathermy and Electrical Stimulation
increase the pain threshold through release of natural opiates at the
spinal cord level and higher, reduce acute and chronic inflammation by
increasing cellular membrane permeability and rate of blood flow and help
resolve the underlying cause of the pain.
Edema: Ultrasound, Shortwave Diathermy and Electrical Stimulation are
found to reduce acute and chronic inflammation and edema by increasing
capillary density, increasing cell membrane permeability, increasing blood
flow and decreasing pain and joint stiffness associated with edema.
Contractures: Ultrasound, Shortwave Diathermy and Electrical Stimulation
increase soft tissue, which allows the collagen fibers in the joint
capsule, ligaments and tendons to stretch without tissue damage, decrease
pain and reduce tone in spastic muscles, resulting in significant decreases
in contractures.
Wound Care: Ultrasound, Shortwave Diathermy and/or Electrical
Stimulation accelerate healing of vascular and pressure ulcers by managing
the symptoms associated with wound ulcers through reduction of
inflammation, pain and edema, and facilitate granulation of the wound bed
to promote new tissue growth.
Urinary Incontinence: Electrical Stimulation retrains and strengthens
the pelvic floor muscles through use of surface electrodes that deliver
electrical impulses through the skin to the nerves that innervate the
pelvic floor muscles. Electrical Stimulation is effective after other
attempts at retraining have failed, such as pelvic muscle exercises,
prompted voiding, urge inhibition training and medication management.
While physical agent modality based treatment has been around for years,
these newly developed protocols and state-of-the-art equipment are designed
around the most recent treatment developments and research to provide
efficacious and cost efficient results.
It assists the clinician in treatment decision making and provides
the resident being treated with resolution of some of the most challenging
health conditions. This new Program
continues to confirm Pleasant Ridge Manor’s commitment to excellent and
premier resident care.
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