Rehabilitation

When mother arrived at Seven acres she was a rehab patient that was scheduled to go back to her home in a few months. When it was time for her to leave, she wanted to stay at Seven Acres and when it was suggested that she move to another unit, she refused because she loved the unit she was in. Naturally your personnel in that unit had a great deal to do with her happiness (and ours). Rachel L.

Because our goal is for the residents to live as independently as possible, a broad complement of services is provided to Seven Acres residents by a highly-trained staff of licensed therapists and aides through a contract with RehabCare. We offer Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy services for our long term care residents in a program for that is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine.

Occupational Therapy

The focus of our registered and licensed Occupational Therapists is to enable the patient to adapt their physical and cognitive capabilities to the skills needed in activities of daily living. Occupational Therapists assess the areas needed for functional independence, customizing a treatment plan with emphasis on balance, strength, perception, and cognition. Occupational Therapy may include:

• Home Living Skills
• Hand Rehabilitation
• Activities of Daily Living
• Cognitive Perceptual Retraining
• Transfer and Mobility Retraining
• Energy Conservation Techniques
• Utilization of Adaptive Equipment
• Upper Extremity Therapeutic Exercises
• Safety Instruction
• Prosthetic Devices Training
• Medical Equipment Training
• Ultrasound and Electrostimulation
• Ordering of Splints, Slings, and Orthotic Devices

Physical Therapy

Our licensed Physical Therapists focus on improving coordination, balance, strength, endurance, and joint flexibility to achieve optimal levels of functional mobility. Our goal is to move our patients toward greater independent mobility. Rehabilitation education of the patients and families is an integral part of all treatment. Our Physical Therapists design individualized treatment programs for alleviating pain, preventing disability, and restoring function following injury or illness that may include:

• Joint Mobilization
• Therapeutic Exercises
• Orthopedic Rehabilitation
• Gait and Transfer Training
• Range-of-Motion Exercises
• Neuromuscular Re-education
• Fall Prevention
• Pain Management
• Strengthening Training
• Knee and Hip Replacement Therapy

Speech Therapy

Our certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologists focus on restoring the patient's ability to communicate. They address communication problems by helping patients improve skills in speaking, listening, thinking, reading, writing, problem solving, as well as organizing and sequencing thoughts. Speech Language Pathologists also assess swallowing difficulties and develop treatment and managed programs. Speech Therapy focuses on:

• Comprehension
• Cognitive Linguistic Retraining
• Auditory Training
• Reading and Writing
• Dysphasia and Swallowing
• Speech and Vocal Skills
• Naming and Word Finding
• Short and Long Term Memory
• VitalStim Therapy