Tennessee State Veterans Homes
Special Services
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Rehabilitation Services
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- Physical Therapy strives
to improve or restore the ability to walk and improve overall
strength, flexibility, coordination and mobility.
- Occupational Therapy
assists the veteran in managing daily living activities such
as dressing, grooming, and feeding.
- Speech Therapy
works on improving verbal and non-verbal means of communication.
Ongoing treatments are provided for residents with swallowing
disorders caused by injuries or illness.
- Restorative Care
helps to maintain the resident's highest level of functioning
in all three levels of rehabilitation.
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Services
included in the daily rate:
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- Emotional Counseling
- Bathrooms with safety features
- 24 hour registered nurse coverage
- Full-time activity director
- Planned individual activities
- Spacious dining area
- Courtesy coffee
- Daily housekeeping services
- Daily laundry services
- Confidential assistance with forms and correspondence
- Assistance with shopping
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- Voter registration
- Full-time social service director
- Certified therapists
- Spacious lounges
- Modified diets available
- Individual and family participation in care plans
- Whirlpool bathing system
- Resident handbook
- Diabetic care
- Outside visiting area
- Wound and nutritional therapy
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Services
available at an additional cost:
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- Air fluidized therapy
- Antibiotic therapy
- Barber/Beautician services
- Dental services
- Newspaper service
- NG Tube/Gastrostomy Tube
- Occupational therapy
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- Ostomy/Colostomy Care
- Physical therapy
- Podiatrist visits
- Speech therapy
- Telephone service
- Tracheotomy care
- Ophthalmology services
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TENNESSEE STATE VETERANS HOMES BOARD
Copyright
© 2008 Tennessee State Veterans Homes Board . All Rights
Reserved
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