Home Long Term Services
For patients recovering from cancer, The Orchards provides personalized, integrated rehabilitation and support services.
These may include:
Services are tailored to each resident’s specific condition and approved as a part of a comprehensive plan of care with the resident’s oncologist.
For those recovering from heart disease and/or cardiac-related surgery, our cardiac rehabilitation program can help them achieve optimum recovery and health. Goals include limiting the physical effects of cardiac illness and improving overall cardiovascular fitness.
Our individualized programs are designed, supervised and executed by a team of specialists that may include:
It is our mission to treat and focus not only on our patient’s physicals needs, but also their emotional and psychological needs. Consequently, patient, resident and family counseling support plays an increasingly important role in our facility.
Stress, depression and other psychological problems stemming from medical conditions, loss and other age-related issues, can often be reduced or even eliminated through a combination of interpersonal psychotherapy and problem-solving. A robust schedule of activities specifically designed to encourage socialization, engage and involve further enhances the quality of life for our residents.
For those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, our facility offers a warm, nurturing environment, state-of-the-art safety and security features that address our residents’ special needs. A structured schedule of innovative programming provides a sense of purpose and meaning, as well as daily opportunities for success and reinforcement of self-worth.
Our specialized services include:
For residents and patients with diabetes, The Orchards provides comprehensive services, treatment and support. In addition to specialized treatments, comprehensive diabetes education is provided to encourage the individual and his or her family members to take an active role in the management of the disease.
Services include:
When the road to recovery calls for intravenous care, our experienced staff can ensure it’s done correctly and with compassion. From maintaining the right fluid balance, to monitoring drug effectiveness, to treating infection and relieving pain, our highly trained staff and dedicated nurses work closely with our patient’s personal physicians to maximize comfort and speed up recovery.
For persons affected by neuro-muscular disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Parkinson’s Disease, our facility provides comprehensive care designed to restore maximum functional performance and overall well-being.
Individualized care plans address each patient’s physical, cognitive, emotional and vocational needs and deliver a range of specialized treatments and services, including:
For residents and patients with nutritional disorders, as well as those with weight management issues, we offer a comprehensive nutritional management program.
Individualized plans are developed for both risk reduction and/or management of the medical conditions impacted by an individual’s nutritional status, including:
When focused on the management of obesity, services include:
Residents and patients coping with a wide range of conditions and disorders may benefit from The Orchards’ pain management program. Our specialists utilize the latest equipment and innovative procedures to diagnose and treat pain according to individualized needs.
Our program includes treatment for:
In-house treatment and pain management techniques include ultrasound, electrical stimulation, whirlpool, cold and heat therapy, as well as physical therapy and psychological support
Unlike many area facilities, at The Orchards we offer physical, occupational and speech therapy up to seven days a week, for up to three hours a day, as ordered by the resident’s physician. As part of an integrated treatment program, these advanced therapeutic services address a wide range of orthopedic, neurological and other disabilities, diseases and conditions, including:
For patients coping with the often devastating effects of lung disease and other chronic respiratory problems, our respiratory therapy program provides hope and help.
In addition to individualized physical and occupational therapies, treatments may include:
For those patients who are no longer in an acute or short-term rehabilitation program, restorative nursing can help close the gap between rehab and home. Directed and implemented by a registered nurse and specialized aides, restorative nursing focuses on the therapeutic use of simulated life activities to help restore daily living skills.
The goal of our specialized stroke program is to restore residents to their highest level of functionality, help compensate for decreased capabilities, regain greater mastery over tasks of daily living, and achieve an improved quality of life.
Our highly personalized, integrated programs incorporate, physical, cognitive and psychological components, including:
We offer tracheotomy care to residents and patients with severe lung disorders, neurological problems or infections, who are dependent on a surgically inserted tube (trach) for breathing. In addition to continuous nursing, we perform daily trach maintenance and comprehensive respiratory services in order to minimize complications, maintain stability, and return the individual to his or her highest level of functionality or independence.
For patients with hard to heal wounds, our comprehensive wound care program includes a broad range of leading edge therapies and treatments, including:
Our full-time staff includes a physician wound care specialist and trained wound care nurses who play an active role in assessing, diagnosing, and overseeing all wound care procedures and protocols. To prevent recurrence, our unique whole person approach to care also stresses wound prevention and self-management.
The program is designed to treat a wide range of problems, including:
Also treated are complex wounds resulting from conditions that
compromise circulation, such as: diabetes, traumatic injury,
surgical breakdown, congestive heart failure, vascular disease,
incontinence, obesity, renal failure, lymphedema and others.