Tennessee State Veterans Homes
Special Services

  

Rehabilitation Services
  • 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.


Services included in the daily rate:

  • 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
  • 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


Services available at an additional cost:

  • Air fluidized therapy
  • Antibiotic therapy
  • Barber/Beautician services
  • Dental services
  • Newspaper service
  • NG Tube/Gastrostomy Tube
  • Occupational therapy
  • Ostomy/Colostomy Care
  • Physical therapy
  • Podiatrist visits
  • Speech therapy
  • Telephone service
  • Tracheotomy care
  • Ophthalmology services

TENNESSEE STATE VETERANS HOMES BOARD


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