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Thank you for considering the GrayBrier for your
inpatient therapy needs. Let me assure you our therapy department
consistently strives to meet and surpass all of your expectations
for patient rehabilitation and recovery. It is our desire to
maximize the quality of life for our short-term and long-term
residents by maximizing outcomes and functional capabilities. Every
resident who can benefit from appropriate therapy will be given our
attention and the opportunity to maximize functional potentials.
GrayBrier inpatient therapy professionals take a holistic approach
to all patient needs. We specialize in tailoring treatments to a
wide variety of diagnosis and individuals. We look forward to
offering the support and care needed to provide optimal independence
to all your clientele.
Upon
admission to the GrayBrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, our
team of professionals will
assess each resident’s needs, and develop an appropriate plan of
care to ensure that each resident functions at the highest possible
level. To assist with
patients’ needs and physician orders the GrayBrier provides three
types of therapy.
Physical
Therapy
Our physical therapy professionals assist residents with:
Mobility:
Increasing the ability to ambulate and/or use wheelchair
propulsion; improving skills to enable residents to achieve maximum
independence.
Balance:
Improving resident’s balance to enhance safety of transfers
and/or ambulation activities.
Positioning:
Assessing lower extremity needs for orthotic devices to
prevent contractures or improve mobility; wheelchair positioning for
restraint reduction.
Lower Extremity Function: Improving resident’s range of motion, increasing strength
through progressive resistance exercises or muscle re-education.
Occupational Therapy
Our occupational therapy
professionals assist residents with:
Activities of Daily Living: Increasing residents’ independence in self-feeding, dressing,
bathing, and hygiene by learning new or compensatory techniques with
or without adaptive equipment.
Functional Transfers: Improving transfer skills from wheelchair, walker, or cane
level to toilet, bed, tub, and shower.
Upper Extremity Function:
Improving resident’s active range of motion, dexterity and
coordination; muscle re-education for partial paralysis.
Speech
Pathology
Our speech language pathology professionals assist residents with:
Speech/Voice:
Improving residents’ slurred speech, hoarseness and nasality.
Language:
Improving residents’ abilities to understand others and express
themselves verbally, in writing, and gesturing.
Hearing:
Improving residents’ abilities to adapt to a hearing loss and better
understand others.
Cognitive Linguistics:
Improving cognitive skills to reduce confusion and disorientation;
improving impaired problem solving and reasoning skills.
Swallowing:
Improving residents’ abilities to swallow and minimize
choking; assist with poor tongue and lip movement and refusal to
eat.
Therapy Staff
Amy Boes graduated on December 2007 from Chatham College in
Pittsburgh, PA with a doctorate in Physical Therapy. She has been
with the GrayBrier since January 2009 as a Physical Therapist. She
also has 10 years experience as a registered Kinesio Therapist,
specializing in exercise and aquatics. The thing she enjoys most
about her position is watching the residents accomplish things they
never thought they would and listening to stories about their lives.
Paul Effinger graduated from Cabbarus College of Health
Science with a degree in Occupational Therapy in the fall of 2009.
He has been with the GrayBrier since October 2009. His favorite part
of the job is building and keeping relationships with the residents
he treats each day.
Mark Hardin is a 2008 graduate of the Guilford County Technical
College Physical Therapist Assistant Program. He has been with the
GrayBrier since February 2009. He enjoys helping patients improve
their health while maximizing their day to day
functions. He is most proud of the team approach at the GrayBrier of
putting patient wellness first and foremost.
Honey Holder is a 1999 graduate of Pearl River College in
Hattiesburg, MS. She has been with the GrayBrier since 2009 as an
Occupational Therapist Assistant and Therapy Program Manager. She
also serves as a Clinical Specialist with SunDance Rehabilitation.
Her favorite part of the job is the positive impact she has on an
individual's ability to gain independence with day to day
activities.
Alexis McNeil earned her undergraduate degree in Rehabilitation
Studies from Winston-Salem state University in 2007. She obtained
her Master of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy and came to the
GrayBrier in 2009.She loves helping the residents improve their
quality of life by engaging in meaningful activities.
Monique Nicholson is a 2005 graduate of North Carolina A & T
University with a BA in Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology. She
received her Masters of Science Degree from Buffalo State College.
She has been with the GrayBrier team since February 2009. Monique
enjoys working with and developing relationships with all the
residents and watching their progress.
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