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Rehabilitative Services
Pleasant Ridge Manor provides physical, occupational, and speech
rehabilitation services. Physical and occupational therapy services are
provided by Alliance Rehab, a team of licensed or certified therapists
committed to enhancing the quality of life by reshaping lost abilities and
teaching new skills.
Physical Therapy
Our physical therapists provide treatment to improve mobility, decrease
pain, and improve strength and endurance, related to a wide variety of
diagnoses. Residents are helped in regaining their prior level of
functioning for optimal independence in returning home or in the nursing
home setting.
Treatment is individualized and may include:
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- Mobility and
transfer training
- Ambulation with or
without assistive devices
- Training in donning,
use of orthotics and prosthetics
- Moist heat
treatments
- Ultrasound
- Electrical
Stimulation
- Massage
- Strength and
endurance training
- Stretching program
to improve range of motion
- Balance and
coordination activities
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Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapists help residents who need specialized
assistance in learning skills to enable them to be as independent as
possible.
Treatment may include:
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- Daily living skills training
(bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding)
- Exercise (active
range of motion exercises, progressive restrictive exercises,
gross/fine motor coordination, dexterity training)
- Static/dynamic
splinting
- Adaptive equipment
- Environmental
adaptations
- Visual/perceptual
compensation techniques
- Cognitive retraining
- Socialization skills
building
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Speech Therapy
Speech therapy services are provided by Potoker/Hoehn Speech Pathology,
experts in the field of speech rehabilitation.
Treatment may include:
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- Cognitive
functioning (orientation, judgment and problem solving)
- Swallowing disorders
(chewing difficulties, coughing, choking during meals, aspiration)
- Language (understanding
what is being communicated, translating thoughts into words)
- Speech and voice
(treating dysarthria by strengthening oral musculature, improving
slurred speech)
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The rehabilitation team works with the entire Pleasant
Ridge Manor staff to assure that each resident has the opportunity to reach
their highest level of independence. Residents who are able to return home
are provided home evaluations, for assistance in assuring that any
adaptations and accommodations are made that will help assure that their
return home is successful.
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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.
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