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The area offers real-life settings, such as a bedroom, living room, and grocery store, where rehabilitation patients can practice daily tasks before they reenter the community or complete therapy. There are even different types of walking surfaces, such as grass or gravel, that simulate the kinds of challenges patients will face when they return to their normal environment.
“The new area offers opportunities for occupational, physical, and speech therapy patients to practice common skills, from reaching for grocery items and completing money transactions to packing a suitcase and making car transfers,” said Nicole Fischer, office manager of Rehabilitation Services. The homelike environment is more identifiable to patients than a typical therapy facility.
With the addition of the new area, patients can better practice everyday skills in a variety of settings no matter what the weather is like outside or what level of therapy is needed. Independence Avenue provides another stepping stone in the rehabilitation process.
Through teamwork and creativity, Rehabilitation Services is taking patients to their home, the store, and their car without ever having to leave Faith Regional.
“This has been a dream of ours since our Acute Rehabilitation Unit opened,” said Teresa Daum, director of Rehabilitation Services. “Our team of professionals has spent time researching, visiting other rehab sites, and gathering information to create our home away from home. We transformed an old clinic area into a useful and fun place to do the work of therapy. This takes the rehab experience to a whole new level of intensity, ultimately enhancing the quality of care we provide to residents in northeast Nebraska.”
Take a virtual tour. To take a virtual tour of our facility and new therapy area, Independence Avenue, and to learn helpful information before your first visit, go to www.frhs.org and click on “Rehabilitation Services.”