GlenBrook Health Center, a Medicare 5 Star community, has announced the addition of a 24-bed Medicare-Certified unit focusing primarily on rehabilitative care opening this month. This addition will raise the center's number of skilled beds to 94. The new unit will specialize in the three disciplines of rehabilitation: physical, occupational, and speech therapies, in addition to quality skilled nursing care.
Each patient room will be filled with warm, natural light. Semi-private rooms will offer state-of-the art ceiling tubes letting in diffused light and will have the restroom in between the residents, providing the effect of a private room. Large private rooms will have the shower included in the restroom.
An Activity Department will have an additional space conveniently located in this unit in order to offer patients a myriad of activities throughout the day. Creative crafts such as ceramics, a variety of engaging musical events, thought-provoking discussions and daily exercise are but a few of the expansive program that will be offered. Weekly events will be scheduled to meet the spiritual needs of patients, catering to all aspects of their daily lives.
Short-term patients needing skilled nursing care and rehabilitation following an acute illness or surgery are currently managed by a professional staff 24 hours a day/7 days a week. They may require wound care, feeding tube, IV fluid or anti-biotic management or other specific treatment, and medications ordered by the physician.
Occupational, physical and speech therapies enable the patient to better achieve positive results and are under the direction of a physician. Speech therapy encompasses not only speech training but swallowing issues and cognition deficits.
The goal is to return patients to their prior level and give them the tools to achieve those goals. These patients are usually "short term" so discharge planning starts upon admission to ensure that all is in place once discharge is at hand, and a Social Services/Discharge Planner can make the proper home arrangements for care and equipment.
Long term custodial care in GlenBrook provides the patient with assistance in the normal activities of daily living (ADL's). These ADL's include personal hygiene, dressing, ambulation, transferring (moving from bed to chair or chair to commode), feeding and toileting. Medications and treatments are given by the nursing staff as ordered by the patient's physician. GlenBrook Health Center works very closely with the families of its patients and physician to provide a quality-filled environment and life.
In order to offer a full spectrum of care, GlenBrook works with a variety of hospices to offer routine hospice care in the skilled nursing unit when end-of-life issues arise. Quality of life while ensuring comfort is GlenBrook's primary goal. Hospice staff works in conjunction with the nursing staff to provide the ultimate comfort and palliative care in a quality setting.
Any patient who is scheduled for surgery or a hospitalization resulting in the need for skilled nursing care should contact GlenBrook Health Center for pre-admission and get on the list for admittance. GlenBrook currently accepts Medicare and HMOs through Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal. A variety of PPOs are accepted as well.
Contact GlenBrook Health Center at 760-704-6804 or online at www.visitglenbrook.com.
Each patient room will be filled with warm, natural light. Semi-private rooms will offer state-of-the art ceiling tubes letting in diffused light and will have the restroom in between the residents, providing the effect of a private room. Large private rooms will have the shower included in the restroom.
An Activity Department will have an additional space conveniently located in this unit in order to offer patients a myriad of activities throughout the day. Creative crafts such as ceramics, a variety of engaging musical events, thought-provoking discussions and daily exercise are but a few of the expansive program that will be offered. Weekly events will be scheduled to meet the spiritual needs of patients, catering to all aspects of their daily lives.
Short-term patients needing skilled nursing care and rehabilitation following an acute illness or surgery are currently managed by a professional staff 24 hours a day/7 days a week. They may require wound care, feeding tube, IV fluid or anti-biotic management or other specific treatment, and medications ordered by the physician.
Occupational, physical and speech therapies enable the patient to better achieve positive results and are under the direction of a physician. Speech therapy encompasses not only speech training but swallowing issues and cognition deficits.
The goal is to return patients to their prior level and give them the tools to achieve those goals. These patients are usually "short term" so discharge planning starts upon admission to ensure that all is in place once discharge is at hand, and a Social Services/Discharge Planner can make the proper home arrangements for care and equipment.
Long term custodial care in GlenBrook provides the patient with assistance in the normal activities of daily living (ADL's). These ADL's include personal hygiene, dressing, ambulation, transferring (moving from bed to chair or chair to commode), feeding and toileting. Medications and treatments are given by the nursing staff as ordered by the patient's physician. GlenBrook Health Center works very closely with the families of its patients and physician to provide a quality-filled environment and life.
In order to offer a full spectrum of care, GlenBrook works with a variety of hospices to offer routine hospice care in the skilled nursing unit when end-of-life issues arise. Quality of life while ensuring comfort is GlenBrook's primary goal. Hospice staff works in conjunction with the nursing staff to provide the ultimate comfort and palliative care in a quality setting.
Any patient who is scheduled for surgery or a hospitalization resulting in the need for skilled nursing care should contact GlenBrook Health Center for pre-admission and get on the list for admittance. GlenBrook currently accepts Medicare and HMOs through Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal. A variety of PPOs are accepted as well.
Contact GlenBrook Health Center at 760-704-6804 or online at www.visitglenbrook.com.