Rehabilitation Services

Living Community of St. Joseph offers skilled rehabilitation therapies covered under the Medicare A benefit as well as outpatient therapies for residents living in their Independent Living, Assisted Living apartments and Long Term Care covered under the Medicare B benefit. Therapies include Physical, Occupational and Speech.

 Physical Therapy

Physical therapy supports diagnosis and management of movement dysfunction and physical abilities using some of the following techniques:

• Therapeutic Exercises
• Strengthening/Endurance Programs
• Manual Therapy/Soft Tissue Techniques/Massage
• Gait Training
• Equipment and Prosthetic Training
• Balance Assessments and Training
• Body Mechanics and Posture Training
• Restorative and Maintenance Programs
• Thermal and Electrical Modalities
• Home Exercise Programs

Occupational Therapy provides skilled evaluation and treatment to maximize independence in daily activities or function. These services promote quality of life and self-sufficiency, and help individuals to remain within their own home environment using the following techniques:

• Training within the areas of daily living skills including dressing, homemaking, eating, and bathing
• Upper body strengthening, activity tolerance, and range of motion
• Fine motor skills such as writing, buttoning and tool manipulation
• Cognitive evaluation and retraining including safety assessment
• Wheelchair seating and positioning
• Adaptive equipment management

• Energy conservative and joint protection principles with functional activities

Speech Therapy

• Language Comprehension, Word-Finding and Verbal Expression
• Swallowing
• Cognitive Needs
• Articulation
• Voice Conservation and Rehabilitation
• Reading and Writing
• Accent Reduction
• Fluency

A Physician's referral is required for all of the above therapies.