Long Term Care : Gadsden Health Care

Nursing

Our friendly, professional staff is ready to serve you with all your nursing needs, both short term and long term. We care for patients with many diagnoses and conditions.

ProHealth provides:

Skilled Nursing Services
Registered Nurse Supervision
On-Call Physicians
Our nursing services include:

Post-Operative Care

IV Therapy including Antibiotic Therapy for MRSA, VRE (We accept PICC Lines and Central Lines)
Tracheostomy Care
Nutritional management
Pain Management
Wound Management
Care Plan Conferences with Family Participation
Diagnostic Services (Lab & X-Ray partner provided)
End-Stage Renal Disease

For more information about our nursing services, please call us at 1-866-330-0609.

Social Services

The role of the social worker in a long-term care facility is to enable each individual to function at the highest possible level of social and emotional wellness. For our short-term rehab patients, our social workers focus on facilitating discharge planning, including the coordination of home health or hospice services, equipment needs, and community services. For our long-term residents, our social workers help residents make the transition from living at home or in an assisted living community. Once a resident is admitted, the social worker assures the resident's continuing needs are met and that the person is given the opportunity to participate in planning for continued care in the facility, transfer, or discharge back into the community. Although the resident is the main focus, it should be noted that much of the social worker’s time may be spent working with the family.

Alzheimer's and Dementia Care

If you have a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s, you understand the challenges of normal daily activities. Symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may be further complicated by injuries, illness or end-of-life needs. We provide a nurturing and therapeutic environment where those with dementia or Alzheimer’s can receive the clinical and rehabilitation care they need in a safe and secure setting. We use the latest Alzheimer’s and dementia research to create individualized care plans and implement quality of life therapies such as healing touch, music therapy, and dementia-specific daily activities.

Respite Care

Providing care for terminally ill family members and friends is exhausting, both emotionally and physically. There may come a time during the course of your family member’s illness that you as a caregiver need some time away from the tasks of care giving. Caregiver stress can lead to physical and emotional distress that can interfere with your ability to provide care. We partner with many hospice organizations to provide respite care stays. Respite care programs are designed to provide temporary, short-term (usually, five days or less) assistance in caring for hospice patients. It is intended to allow the caregivers, often the family members, to take some time away from the hospice patient, to allow them to emotionally recharge and become better prepared to handle the normal day-to-day challenges of caring for someone with a chronic life-threatening illness.

Want to Learn More?

If you believe you or a loved one qualify for respite care and would like to learn more, please pick up the phone and give us a call at 1-866-330-0609 or ask your hospice provider for more information. We would love to talk to you about the personalized respite care services we provide and can also answer questions about what health services are covered by your insurance, Medicare, and/or Medicaid benefits.

Activities

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Hospice Care

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Rehabilitation

What is Post-Acute Rehabilitation?

Post-hospital, post-acute, or short stay rehabilitation care is designed to improve a person’s transition back home following surgery, illness or injury. Short stay rehab residents no longer need the acute care setting of a hospital but still require a high level of clinical and rehabilitative care to ensure a speedy recovery. The goal of the program is to provide the highest level of rehabilitation and skilled nursing care to residents while facilitating the transition, as quickly and safely as possible, from hospital to home. Post-acute rehabilitation stays typically last twenty-one days or less.

Selecting a short stay rehab or post-acute provider is a critically important decision as the clinical team can significantly impact the success of treatment. It’s important to choose a short stay rehab program with a demonstrated track record of success and a proven commitment to clinical excellence and resident-driven care.

What Should You Expect from Rehab?

The ProHealth Group of companies have been a leader in the post-acute rehabilitation industry for more than twenty years. Our post-acute rehabilitation regimen is personalized to meet the needs of today's patients and residents. Today's rehab patient might be an active senior citizen recovering from a knee replacement before returning to the golf course, a grandmother recovering from a stroke, or a young woman receiving physical therapy to recover from an auto accident. Personalized treatment begins at admission with a therapy screening that takes into consideration each patient’s medical condition and their ability to endure extensive rehabilitation therapy.