Rehabilitation Therapies and Services
Through a contract with RehabCare, residents in our rehab center in Houston are able to live as independently as possible. A highly trained staff of licensed therapists and aides work together to provide a broad complement of services including Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services for our long-term care residents on a case-by-case basis as well as for our short-term skilled nursing residents.
Traditional Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Registered and licensed Occupational Therapists enable patients to adapt their physical and cognitive capabilities to the skills needed in 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
Licensed Physical Therapists focus on improving coordination, balance, strength, endurance and joint flexibility to help patients achieve optimal levels of functional mobility. With the goal to move patients toward greater independent mobility, patient and family rehabilitation education is an integral part of all treatment. Our Physical Therapists design individualized treatment programs to help alleviate pain, prevent disability, and restore function following injury or illness as needed, including:
- Joint Mobilization
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Gait and Transfer Training
- Range-of-Motion Exercises
- Neuromuscular Re-education
- Fall Prevention
- Pain Management
- Strength Training
- Knee and Hip Replacement Therapy
Speech Therapy
Seven Acres certified and licensed Speech-Language Pathologists focus on restoring the patient’s ability to communicate. They address communication challenges by helping patients improve skills in speaking, listening, thinking, reading, writing and 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
