Plaza Health Network’s award-winning skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers have a strategic focus on helping elder patients restore the function they need to resume their daily activities at home. Whether a patient is transitioning from hospital to rehab to home following a surgery, or recovering from a stroke, Plaza Health’s centers customize the most effective, personalized treatment plans that offer the latest advances in rehabilitative care.
When it comes to physical rehabilitation, Plaza Health utilizes the latest technological advances to help patients maximize their recovery. It can be difficult for patients to feel the contraction of a muscle internally or envision if they are swallowing correctly. Through the use of audiovisual equipment, patients are provided real-time biofeedback with visual reinforcement. This takes place when an electrical signal travels from the electrode attached to the patient to a monitor where it produces a particular image. This biofeedback gives a visual cue that the patient is moving muscles in a desired way. Patients who are recovering from a life-altering event such as a stroke or heart attack and may have issues with non-symmetrical walking or trouble swallowing greatly benefit from this technology.
In addition, all Plaza Health centers incorporate a telemedicine program into patient treatment plans which fosters a collaborative care approach between patients, physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, nursing staff and remote medical specialists. The technology can collect this data such as vital signs, conditions and clinical information as needed to reassure the patient of his/her progress and inform the clinical team. This results in a greater level of care, quicker evaluations, reduced hospital admissions and enhanced outcomes.
Lastly, Plaza Health centers offer restorative rehab for seniors such as fall prevention and balance therapy programs. These customized programs help to reduce risk of injury by screening the patient to determine if they are at risk of falling and designing a personalized exercise plan that enables the patient to increase mobility and independence.
No two patients have the same needs; therefore, no two treatment plans should be the same. Through the use of technology coupled by addressing each patient’s unique needs, Plaza Health Network centers are redefining rehabilitative elder care, enabling patients to remain independent as long as possible.
