When the road to healing and maximum recovery calls for intravenous therapy, our nursing team ensures that this important service is done correctly, comfortably, and with compassion.
From maintaining the right fluid balance, to monitoring drug effectiveness, to treating infection and easing pain, highly-skilled IV therapists and nursing specialists work closely with our customer’s personal physicians to provide relief, reduce stress and speed recovery.
The many conditions that we may treat with IV therapy include:
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Infection
Transitional Care
Our Transitional Care Units provide a bridge between hospital and home, offering excellent care in an environment that is dedicated to speeding recovery and returning you home as quickly as possible. Our individually designed therapy services and accelerated rehabilitation are designed to get you back to the daily activities and routines you enjoy.
While all of our skilled nursing centers offer care for short stay patients, our Transitional Care Units offer enhanced clinical capabilities and comfortable amenities, including:
- Rehabilitation services 7 days a week
- State-of-the-art medical and therapy equipment
- Enhanced rehabilitation gyms
- Medical staff with expertise in post-acute care
- 24-hour coverage by nurses specially trained in patient assessment and evaluation
- Spacious Private Rooms
- Comprehensive patient and family education
- Post discharge follow-up
- In-room televisions with cable/satellite
- In-room telephones
- Enhanced dining experience
Orthopedic Recovery
Our orthopedic rehabilitation program offers the combined therapeutic, clinical and technical resources needed to address a wide range of orthopedic conditions, including:
- Joint replacement
- Fractures
- Cervical and lumbar injuries
- Arthritis and osteoporosis
- Amputations
Using a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to care, individually designed treatment plans combine specialized therapies such as: pain management, strength, balance and mobility training, biomechanical re-education, joint protection and other techniques to help restore even frail and high risk patients to the highest possible levels of functional independence.
Cardiac Recovery
For those recovering from a heart attack or heart-related disease, heart surgery, and/or coronary intervention procedures such as stinting and angioplasty our comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation services can help customers—
- Achieve optimum recovery
- Increase cardiovascular fitness
- Reduce cardiac symptoms
- Improve overall health
- Reduce the risk of future heart problems
Provided through our in-house rehab department, individually tailored programs are designed, supervised and implemented by an experienced interdisciplinary team of specialists that may include:
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Therapists
- Nutritional consultants
- Mental health professionals
All working together to help customers return home and get back to families, friends and jobs to resume normal activities and effectively manage their heart conditions and issues.
Pulmonary Program
Our Pulmonary Management services are designed to promote wellness for those suffering with chronic and acute respiratory conditions. Specialized staff, including board certified Pulmonologists will assist you with managing your condition and reducing its symptoms.
For people with lung disease, cardiopulmonary disorders and other chronic respiratory problems, including:
- Asthma
- Chronic bronchitis
- Compromised heart function
- Emphysema
- Obstructive sleep apnea
Our comprehensive respiratory rehabilitation program is often a key to more complete recovery and the ability to better cope with their conditions.
Physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech pathologists utilize a wide range of innovative therapies, often supplemented by training in breathing control techniques designed to promote relaxation and alleviate fear and tension.
Each customer’s individually-tailored program may also include oxygen therapy, bronchodilator therapy, inhaled medication delivery, dietary counseling, as well as personalized instruction on how to manage his or her respiratory condition and effectively deal with self-care requirements where it’s most comfortable and convenient – at home.
Wound Care
An all-too-common health care problem, hard-to heal wounds can present major obstacles to optimum recovery. Based on that recognition, our exceptional wound care program is designed to treat those experiencing a wide range of problems, including:
- Diabetic ulcers
- Pressure ulcers
- Arterial and venous ulcers
- Burns
- Infected wounds
- Non-healing surgical wounds
- Amputations
- Complex soft tissue wounds
- Traumatic wounds
Specialized services also address complex wounds resulting from conditions that compromise circulation, such as diabetes, traumatic injury, surgical breakdown, congestive heart failure, vascular disease, incontinence, obesity, renal failure and lymph edema.
Our highly-experienced, full-time staff includes a wound care physician-specialist and team of nurses, dietitians and therapists, who assess, diagnose, oversee and administer all wound care procedures and protocols.
Hospice Care
For people facing life-limiting illness or injury, our compassionate Hospice Care focuses on maintaining comfort, making each day a meaningful one, and preserving dignity through compassion, kindness and individual choice.
Our dedicated team of hospice professionals and volunteers provides personalized, coordinated care matched perfectly to the unique needs and wishes of each individual and family. Services may include pain and symptom management, palliative care, counseling, as well as emotional and spiritual support for both the individual and his or her loved ones.
Respite Care
For at-home caregivers who need a well-deserved break from the daily demands of care giving; time to deal with conflicting travel, business or personal requirements and responsibilities; or an immediate option when unforeseen circumstances require a temporary separation from your loved one; we’re pleased to offer a convenient, cost-effective temporary-stay Respite Care program.
Respite care provides both a safe and nurturing environment for seniors and wonderful flexibility and peace of mind for their caregivers by combining round-the-clock nursing supervision, added security, restaurant-style dining, and an engaging array of social and recreational activities. It’s also a great way to experience the care and lifestyle at our centers before making a long-term commitment.
Respite Care features also include:
- Assistance with activities of daily living
- Medication management
- Rehabilitation and care services as needed
- A safe, homelike and nurturing environment
- Gracious, comfortable rooms
- Full amenities
- Flexible, personally tailored stay schedules
Driving Simulator
As you age, your ability to drive can be a vital key to your independence. Our Driving Rehab Specialists work with you to gain the skills you need to stay safe, comfortable and confident behind the wheel of your car, even as you experience age-related physical and mental changes.
Our goal is to keep you as mobile, independent and safe as possible – for as long as possible.
Available at Carriage Inn of Steubenville.