Rehabilitation Department
Bronx Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center short term rehabilitation care benefits residents who require temporary skilled care following their stay in a hospital, after an accident, surgery, or while recovering from illness. We offer comprehensive medical rehabilitation including medical management by our on-site physicians, nursing care and physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Our rehabilitation team will design an individualized and restorative rehabilitation program to meet your needs for a safe and timely discharge. The road back home is easier and shorter when you visit Bronx Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center for any rehabilitative services.
Physical Therapy
Our Physical Therapists are licensed and experienced and utilize state of the art equipment. Individualized therapy programs address pain management, works on improving strength, endurance and flexibility and improves the ability to ambulate and heighten safety awareness. Specific treatments include balance training, neuromuscular re-education, manual therapy and gait training.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists use meaningful, purposeful therapies to help residents re-establish or increase independence in daily living. Areas of treatment include self care, home management, as well as leisure and communal activities. If required, the home environment is adapted to residents needs and training is provided in the use of adaptive equipment and orthotics, safety in the home and care giving. Sensory motor and neuromuscular functioning as well as visual and cognitive-perceptual components of performance are enhanced.
Speech Therapy
Residents with communication and swallowing disorders benefit from working with our speech therapists. By improving speech patterns and providing instruction in the use of speech assisting devices, therapists enhance the ability to communicate with staff, family and friends. Our speech therapists also performs swallowing/dysphasia assessments and treatments and recommend specific diet choices and feeding strategies.
Subacute
Bronx Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers a wide range of services in specialized care. Many individuals are admitted to Bronx Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center post hospitalization for short term transitional services. Some may be admitted to this unit for longer term specialized services.
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
• Licensed nurse's deliver care to the patient requiring intravenous therapy.
• May be used for hydration and /or antibiotics.
RESPIRATORY CARE
Bronx Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offers an array of specialty services for the patient with a respiratory impairment. These services include:
• Oxygen
• Oximetry Monitoring
• Tracheotomy Care
• Suctioning
WOUND CARE
Skilled nurses provide wound care to patients with:
• Recent Amputation
• Abdominal Surgery
• Statis Ulcers
• Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Meticulous care is provided including infection control measures, nutrition for healing and pain management.