Adult Care
Our Physical Therapist’s (PT’s), Speech Therapist’s (SLP’s) and Occupational Therapist’s (OT’s) work closely with our patients and a multidisciplinary team to provide each patient a positive environment for achieving the best possible outcome for post therapy. Our team consists of Home Health Care Therapists, Speech and Language Pathologists (SLP’s) and other Rehab Specialists. We work closely with patients who are post-surgical or who have physical, developmental, social, mental, or speech and hearing impairment diagnoses. At NTSOC our Healthcare Therapists have many years of expertise in encouraging our patients to become partners in the rehabilitation process so they can perform Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) independently and safely.
Because joint replacements such as knees and hip are more common among older patients, physical therapy parameters can be adjusted to meet their special needs. We also have a team for Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech Therapy (ST). Our OT Therapists can help with overcoming a variety of activities including but not limited to: social and mental diagnoses and Activities for Daily Living (ADL’s). Our Physical Therapists (PT’s) help patients overcome many obstacles includig but not limited to: Balance mobility, strength and muscle coordination. Speech Therapists (SLP’s) have the ability to help with some of the demanding issues faced by some adults with disabilities. They can help in learning \ re-learning some of the following services: Language comprehension, speech phonation and cognitive memory. Below is a more all inclusive list of available services by department.
Physical Therapy (PT):
- Activities of Daily Living
- Aerobic Capacity
- Balance Training
- Body Mechanics
- Cardiopulmonary
- Equipment
- Energy Conservation
- Gait \ Stair Training
- Home Exercise Program
- Home Safety Evaluation
- Muscle Coordination
- Muscle Tone
- Pain Management
- Prosthetics \ Orthotics
- ROM \ Joint Mobility (active \ Passive)
- Strength
- Transfers \ Bed Mobility
- Wheelchair Mobility
- Work Capacity
Occupational Therapy (OT):
- Activities of Daily Living
- Adaptive Equipment
- Compensatory Strategies
- Education: patient, family and caregiver
- Energy Conservation
- Environmental Adaptations
- Fine Motor Skills
- Home Exercise Program
- Home Safety Evaluation
- Household Chores
- Life Skills
- Pain Management
- Prosthetics \ Orthotics
- Reasoning Skills
- ROM \ Joint Mobility (active \passive)
- Self Care: eating, bathing, dressing
- Sensory Integration
- Strength
- Therapeutic Activities
- Work Tasks
Speech Therapy (ST):
- Adaptive Equipment: speech generating devices
- Cognitive: attention, memory and problem solving
- Language: comprehension and expression
- Language Processing: literacy skills
- Sensory Awareness: communication and swallowing
- Speech: phonation and articulation
- Swallowing: muscle control, strength and safety
Common issues that are able to be treated by the above therapies are:
- Amputees
- Cardiopulmonary Patients
- Geriatrics
- Neurological
- Orthopedics
- Developmental Deficits
- Hearing Impairment
- Language Disorders
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Voice Disorders
NTSOC Home Health Care offers a fall prevention & balance program focused on helping the patient’s general health, mobility and decrease the risk of a fall.
NTSOC Home Health Care Fall Prevention & Balance Program:
- Identifies fall risks through observing and testing balance and gait
- Reviews patient’s history of falls and identifies areas of weakness
- Considers cognitive impairment for poor safety awareness
- Reviews use of multiple medications and side effects
- Removes obstructions (clutter) and rearranges furniture for easy transfers
- Recommends home modifications and introduces adaptive equipment
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
- The average hospital length of stay after a fall-related injury is 11.6 days
- Falls are the leading cause of death from injury in the elderly
- More than 1/3 of adults over age 65 fall each year
- 50% of patients hospitalized after a fall will never be able to live independently again
- Of those hospitalized, only 50%will be alive one year later
