On the Road to Independence from Catastrophic Injury: NeuLife Rehab Celebrates National Assisted Living Week

September 13-19, 2015 has been designated by the National Health Care Association as National Assisted Living Week. NeuLife Rehab applauds all licensed assisted living facilities (ALFs) and their professionals. They do vital work to ensure the well-being of their residents.

Assisted living facilities generally supervise or support their residents with activities of daily living (ADLs). They also monitor and ensure continued physical and mental improvement to the extent the resident’s conditions permit.

For certain diagnoses, an ALF may be the next step toward independence after the innovative post-acute rehabilitation at NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora. Depending upon his or her physical or mental ability, it may also embody independence itself.

The physical or mental limitations that require post-acute rehabilitation at NeuLife Rehab may have resulted from any one or more of the following:

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Mild brain injury (MBI)
• Motor vehicle accidents (MVA)
• Neurological injuries
• Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
• Limb amputations

The theme of 2015’s National Assisted Living Week is Nourishing Life: Mind, Body, Spirit. According to the website of the American Health Care Association the theme “celebrates the countless ways assisted living caregivers nurture the whole resident”.¹

Clients of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dore, Florida emerge from a regimen of innovative post-acute rehabilitation ready for assisted living. It doesn’t matter whether it is a step toward even greater independence or whether assisted living defines independence for the NeuLife Rehab Client. That’s because the theme of National Assisted Living Week perfectly aligns with the philosophy of NeuLife Rehab:

Healing, wellness and personal fulfillment are best accomplished in a positive and uplifting therapeutic environment where caring staff encourage, assist and support each Client so he or she may achieve specific goals. NeuLife Rehab believes personal fulfillment is equally as important as goals to increase function and independence.

When an individual becomes a Client of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida, he or she undergoes an independent functional evaluation administered by a multidisciplinary team of professionals that may consist of:

• Board Certified Neurologist
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst
• Board Certified Physiatrist
• Neuropsychologist
• Psychologist
• Board Certified Psychiatrist
• Speech Language Pathologist/Cognitive Therapist
• Physical Therapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Nurses
• Certified Rehab Counselor

From the results of the independent functional evaluation, the professionals of NeuLife Rehab formulate a Client Goal Plan. The Client Goal Plan guides the clinically relevant services delivered by NeuLife Rehab. The Client Goal Plan guides the cognitive, psychiatric, neurologic, psychological and neuropsychological therapy of the Client. The goal of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation is the attainment for our Clients of independence to the fullest extent that his or her physical and mental abilities permit.

NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida consistently provides the highest standard of care in the delivery of clinically relevant services to achieve successful, sustained outcomes and exceed the expectations of all persons served..

Proper and timely post-acute rehabilitation that may determine the difference between disability and independence is what NeuLife refers to as the “platinum post-acute period” —  the crucial window following acute care that is needed to nurture the whole person to health with specialized, clinically relevant services.

NeuLife, in Mount Dora, Florida, is an accessible residential post-acute program providing specialized rehabilitation to individuals diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputations, Burns and other Catastrophic Injuries and Challenging Diagnoses.

2725 Robie Avenue

Mount Dora, Florida 32757