Therapies

Gundersen Harmony Care Center Therapy Physical therapists (PTs) are healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat individuals who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives.

PTs examine each individual and develop a plan using treatment techniques to promote the ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. In addition, PTs work with individuals to prevent the loss of mobility before it occurs by developing fitness and wellness-oriented programs for healthier and more active lifestyles.

In its simplest terms, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations). Common occupational therapy interventions include helping people recovering from injury to regain skills, and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.

Occupational therapy services typically include:

• An individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and occupational therapist determine the person's goals,
• Customized intervention to improve the person's ability to perform daily activities and reach the goals,
• And an outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan.

Speech, Language, and Swallowing

The professionals who are educated to assess speech and language development and to treat speech and language disorders are called speech-language pathologists (sometimes informally referred to as speech therapists). Speech-language pathologists can also help people with swallowing disorders. Speech-language pathologists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.

Residents that have signed up for this program have had great success. The goal of this program is to promote optimal functional improvement and reduce or mitigate risk of functional loss.

The facility's rehabilitative nursing care program is designed to assist each resident to achieve and maintain an optimal level of self-care and independence.