By Cara Koepsel, M.S., CCC-SLP, DOR, Golden Acres Health and Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX Here at Golden Acres in Dallas, Texas, we love our long-term care residents. They are the heart and soul of our facility, and we wouldn’t have it…
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By Cara Koepsel, M.S., CCC-SLP, DOR, Golden Acres Health and Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX Here at Golden Acres in Dallas, Texas, we love our long-term care residents. They are the heart and soul of our facility, and we wouldn’t have it…
By Jon Anderson, PT, Senior Therapy Resource The pandemic has changed so many things in our daily rituals, and at Legend New Braunfels the facility quickly found itself with less referrals, resulting in decreased skilled and overall census. The facility…
By Carlos Pineda, DOR, Southland Care Center, Norwalk, CA The I-tool is the first “6th vital sign 3-in-1 tool.” Due to the ongoing pandemic, which requires social distancing and isolation, our goal was to bring the evidence-based practice into the…
By Kari Rhodes, MS, CCC-SLP, Therapy Resource/DOR, Legend Oaks Health & Rehabilitation, Fort Worth, TX We have a new and more comprehensive understanding of how we can truly “dignify long-term care” by taking care of the residents that live in…
By Lito Ortiz, Therapy Resource/DOR, Brookfield Healthcare Center, Downey, CA An interview with Tom Chan COTA and Cristina Amansec SLP. Brookfield Healthcare Center in Downey, CA is made up of some pretty amazing and selfless therapists. These heroes have truly…
By Elyse Matson, MA CCC-SLP, Speech Therapy Resource, Ensign As mid-March was approaching and COVID-19 was spreading, I stopped at a facility in the Momentum market and there was a temperature checkpoint. I knew we were in for some changes.…
Submitted by Tiffany Bishop, DOR/Therapy Resource, Legend Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Greenville, TX Our amazing ADOR George Palin and his wife have been working tirelessly to provide the entire building (and a few to our sister buildings) with cloth masks, and…
By Jared MacDonald, Operations Manager, City Creek Post Acute Care, Salt Lake City, UT May 15 marked our one-month mark of becoming a COVID-only building. We are excited at where we’ve been and where we are going. First off, thank…
by Dawn Thompson, DOR, Victoria Post Acute Care, El Cajon, CA Victoria Post Acute (VPAC) is one of the few skilled nursing facilities accepting COVID-19-positive residents from hospitals in San Diego and El Centro. Like other buildings with positive COVID…
By Therapy Resources Brian Del Poso, OTR/L, CHC, RAC-CT and Jon Anderson, PT In our last article (check out it out here), we talked about taking care of ourselves while we are adhering to Shelter in Place rules and fitness…