Rehabilitation

Focus on Mobility and Rehab

Standing and Raising Aid Sara Plus from ARJO is an ergonomic standing and raising aid that mobilizes residents during everyday activities such as Read More »

Joint replacement Rehab: A team approach to recovery

Since joint replacement procedures debuted in the mid-20th century, people with limited mobility have gained a new lease on life. The general Read More »

Continuing care at home

Gina Bell, a Live At Home driver who consistently receives a 100% satisfaction rating, transports an average of 10% of program members to medical Read More »

The weaning of long-term mechanical ventilator–supported patients

In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. You may remember Read More »

Focus On…Mobility/Rehabilitation

focuson Mobility/Rehabilitation'Current' trends in rehab therapyOnce considered as part of a sports medicine program, electrotherapy modalities are Read More »

Rehab Perspectives, an Aegis Therapies Supplement

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More Than Weight Loss: A Steady Diet of Support and Achievement

BY MICHAEL PELTIER, ASSISTANT EDITOR   More than weight loss: A steady diet of support and achievementA skilled nursing facility Read More »

Take a Look Before You Hook

BY JULIE A. BRAUN, JD,LLMTake a look before you hookPreventing deaths and serious injuries from medical gas mix-ups   Nursing homes Read More »

Rehab Perspectives Supplement

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Making the Most of RUG-53

Making the most of RUG-53BY RENA R. SHEPHARD, MHA, RN, FACDONA, RAC-C  The new classification system can still maximize your deserved Medicare Read More »

Focus On…Mobility & Rehabilitation

focuson Mobility & RehabilitationWheelchairs: One size does not fit allInterview with Deborah Gavin-Dreschnack, PhD  Just like in the story of Read More »

Focus On…Rehabilitation

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Massage Therapy for Elder Residents

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Here Come the Rehab Therapy Caps

by Richard L. Peck, Editor-in-Chief Unless Congress pulls a last-minute switcheroo-in which case, read this article as what might have been-the Read More »

Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure Ulcers

Better Pain Management = Fewer Pressure UlcersRevising the pain-assessment protocol in this rehab unit lowered the number of facility-acquired Read More »

The Softer Side of Therapy

The Softer Side of TherapyTherapeutic benefits without the "work"By Sandra Hoban, Assistant Managing Editor  While traditional therapies are the Read More »

Beverly Rehab Moves to Strength Training

Using specially designed Nautilus equipment, Beverly Rehabilitation aims to give frail elderly a new lease on life By Sandra Hoban, Assistant Read More »

Gait Training to Improve Resident Mobility

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RUG Software: Issues and Answers

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