Somers Manor Nursing Home offers an intensive physical rehabilitation program providing an aggressive therapy regimen designed to meet the needs and ability of each resident. We offer individualized cardiopulmonary, orthopedic, neurological and geriatric rehabilitation programs. Most of the individuals receiving therapy services stay in the Berkshire Wing, our newly constructed thirty-nine bed short-term rehabilitation unit.

An interdisciplinary team, led by a physician, works with the patient, family, and/or caregiver to develop and implement an individualized treatment plan. The clearly stated goal of this team approach is to formulate a customized discharge plan that will expedite the return of the resident to the community. The interdisciplinary team members include; physical and occupational therapists, speech & language pathologists, rehabilitation nurses, therapeutic recreation specialists, dietitians, social workers, prosthetists and orthotists.

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All members of the therapy staff are fully registered, certified and/or licensed by the state of New York Department of Education. The rehabilitation department currently has four physical therapy staff, five occupational therapy staff, two speech & language pathology staff and three rehabilitation aides. We maintain this high ratio of staff to residents in order to ensure that each rehab patient receives the personal care and attention that he/she requires and deserves.

Somers Manor has two fully equipped rehabilitation gyms to meet the needs of each individual resident. When you take the Virtual Tour of our facility, you can see from the pictures that the rehabilitation staff maintain a very active department. Currently they are providing from 80 to 120 treatment visits per day.

 

 

Therapy services are available five days per week, Monday through Friday. However, each person is evaluated on an individual basis to determine their own personal needs. If necessary, therapy services will be provided seven days a week to set a steady course toward completion. A single therapy service will take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours per day, with the number of daily treatments being determined by each individual's evaluation and progress. To maximize their value, therapies will be completed at various times of the day depending on the needs of each individual resident.