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Water's Edge Care Center has the capability of
providing care to individuals with a wide range
of wound care needs. The wound care management
program is designed to promote maximum wound healing
by utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach
to treatment and patient education. The program
utilizes a certified wound care consultant in
addition to the in-house rehab, dietary and nursing
team to provide recommendations for each patient
in conjunction with physician consultation. Initial
and concurrent treatment modalities and adjunctive
therapies are provided to insure the best possible
outcomes and healing rates.
Diagnosis and Related Conditions considered for
the program:
- Stage III or IV pressure ulcers
- Full Thickness Stasis Ulcers
- Burns - Flaps and Grafts
- Open Surgical Wounds
- Wound Infections
- Osteomyelitis
- Neuropathic Ulcers
- Draining Wounds
- Traumatic Wounds
- Fistulas/Tubes
Program Description and Goals:
- Upon referral, evaluate, classify and implement treatment strategies
to facilitate healing
- Interdisciplinary wound and skin team ensures treatment of the
entire patient providing Nutritional Therapy, Wound Therapy, Physical
and Occupational Therapy as well as Infection Control and Pain
Management to facilitate the best outcomes possible
- Rehabilitation services based on weight bearing status
- Physician consultation and follow up as indicated ie: plastic
surgery, vascular surgery, infectious disease etc.
- Patient training and family education in preparation for discharge
- Discharge planning and coordination
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This program is designed to provide comprehensive monitoring and
management of patients following acute hospitalizations for cardiovascular
conditions. This would include those patients that have been treated
for medical conditions and/or have undergone surgical procedures.
To ensure a standardized integrated team process for management
of patients with a cardiac diagnosis, the program is designed to
provide a graded, progressive and predictable format for treatment.
Diagnosis and Related conditions considered for the program:
- Status Post MI (stable)
- Status Post Cardiac Catheterization
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Recurrent Angina - Arrhythmia
- CABG
- Pacemaker
Description and Goals:
- Monitor of heart rate and blood pressure pre and post activity
- Monitor of lung sounds and pulse oximetry with oxygen titration
- Establish activity orders and cardiac precautions per M.D. orders
- Develop compensatory strategies and education for energy conservation
- Provide physical therapy treatment and training for mobility,
strength and endurance
- Provide occupational therapy treatment and training for activities
of daily living
- Home assessments to determine adaptations or assistive equipment
- Discharge planning and coordination of follow up services
- Cardiology consultation and follow ups as indicated
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OUR MISSION is to provide a comprehensive inpatient program designed
specifically for the patient who has had an acute illness, injury
or exacerbation of a disease process, has a determined course of
treatment, and does not require intensive diagnostic and/or invasive
procedures. Inherent in our program design is an outcome- focused,
interdisciplinary approach which utilizes a professional team to
deliver complex clinical interventions.
- JCAHO accredited Subacute Unit, specializing in the provision
of transitional, complex and general chronic subacute care under
the direction of a program manager.
- Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy (available 7days
per week)
- Respiratory Management
- Cardiac Recovery
- Stroke/Neuro Care
- Post Surgical Care
- Wound Care
- Medically Complex Care
- Orthopedic Recovery
- Oncology Care
- Care of the Terminally III
- IV Therapy
- CAPD/Renal Care
- Restorative Nursing Rehab Care
- Utilizes an Interdisciplinary Professional Team
- Aggressively practices outcome oriented care planning
- A Board Certified Physiatrist leads the interdisciplinary
team in providing aggressive treatment planning, based on
pre-admission data and ongoing assessments
- Weekly Subacute Care Meetings Incorporates patients and
families in discharge planning
- Treatment team meeting coordinated by case management
- Restorative nursing rehab promotes continuity from rehab
to nursing
- Interdisciplinary treatment team approach emphasizing increased
availability of supportive and consultative services
- Social Services
- Podiatry Services
- Pastoral Counseling
- Dental Services
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Optometry Services
- Psychiatry Consultation
- Dietary Consultation
- Physiatry Consultation
- Pharmacy Consultation
- Orthopedic Consultation
- Laboratory Consultation
- Oncology consultation
- Radiology Services
- Pulmonary Consultation
- Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program
- Overseen by a Rehab Program Manager
- Therapies provided seven days per week
- Utilizes Functional Independence Measurement tool (FIM)
to analyze outcome data
- Skilled Nursing services, 24 hour RN assessment
- Cost effective and cost conscious care
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