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Long term care services is a term used to describe a range of health, personal care, and support services designed to meet the needs of people who struggle with self-care. This may be a temporary circumstance, caused by a short-term injury or illness, or a permanent situation, brought about by chronic illness, long-term disabilities, cognitive or neurological issues or the aging process.

Has long term care been suggested to meet your needs or those of a loved one? If so, you’re likely to have questions about this type of care. What is long term care? Why might it be right for your situation? What types of patients can benefit from this sort of care? Here, we’ll look into these questions to help you get a better idea of what long term care is all about and when it may be an appropriate care option.

Are you considering inpatient rehab to help you recover from a serious illness, injury or medical event? Perhaps your healthcare team has recommended this option for meeting your care needs, or maybe you have heard good things about inpatient rehab centers from family members or friends who have used their services. So what is inpatient rehab and why can it be important to making your best recovery?

Hip replacement surgery helps relieve chronic pain, restore mobility, and improve quality of life. However, the life-transforming journey doesn’t end in the operating room. A structured hip replacement rehab program is key to speeding up recovery and helping you regain strength and mobility while preventing complications.  

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, you should know that short term rehabilitation can help. The treatment and therapy offered by a good short term rehab program can be very helpful in the management of some of the symptoms and problems that go along with this degenerative neurological disease, helping patients prolong independence and improve quality of life.

If your medical team has recommended short term rehab for you, chances are that you have questions about this type of care, especially if this will be your first experience with rehab. Perhaps the most common question people have is what they can expect a rehab program to to do for them. To help you answer this question, we’ll go over 3 goals of short term rehab.

So you’ve just had surgery or you’re planning to, and your healthcare team has recommended short term rehab to ease your path as you’re recovering from surgery. What is short term rehab and what do you need to know to make the most of the experience? These programs are designed to give you the comprehensive therapy, treatment and support you need to make your best recovery, regaining your personal best level of health, function and independence as quickly as possible.

So your healthcare providers have recommended an inpatient rehab program to help you get back on your feet after a serious medical problem. Perhaps you’re unsure as to whether or not a stay in an inpatient rehab is really necessary. What do these facilities have to offer in terms of improving your recovery or your quality of life? Here we’ll outline 4 critical services provided by inpatient rehab centers to help you understand why your healthcare provider feels that it may be important for your recovery.

Are you planning for a joint replacement procedure in the near future? If so, it is very important to put some thought into how your recovery and rehabilitation will be handled afterwards. Solid care and therapy during the post-surgery period can be as important as the procedure itself in terms of your overall results from joint replacement. Inpatient rehab centers are definitely an option to consider for ensuring that your needs are met during this period, since they can offer important benefits to joint replacement patients.

We recently shared a kind response we received from one of our patients at our Hillview facility. It’s always great to hear from patients who have enjoyed their stay and not only recovered in a safe and comfortable environment, but also know that they can trust our staff for all of their needs throughout the recovery process.