Unlike many facilities, here at Northwoods we are able to offer long-term residents physical, occupational and speech therapy up to seven days a week, for up to three hours a day, as ordered by the resident’s physician. As part of an integrated treatment program, these advanced therapeutic services address a wide range of orthopedic, neurological and other disabilities, diseases and conditions, including:

• Joint replacement
• Neuromuscular diseases
• Cardiac conditions
• Traumatic brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Dysphagia
• Fractures
• Post-surgical complications
• Diabetes complications
• Amputation

For those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, Northwoods offers a home-like and welcoming environment in a safe, secured setting. Our expert staff is specially trained in Alzheimer’s and dementia care, providing a unique understanding of our residents’ special needs. A structured schedule of innovative programming and involving activities provides residents with a sense of purpose and meaning, as well as daily opportunities for success. Additional services and features include:

• 24-hour personalized care, including comprehensive medical, nursing, nutritional and physiological support
• A “person-centered” philosophy, that involves the resident physically, emotionally and mentally in his or her own care
• Theme-oriented activity rooms
• Individualized physical, occupational and speech therapies
• Lifestyle activities
• Geriatric Psychiatrist
• Pastoral care services
• Family support and educational programs

Extensive on-going training for staff including the Career Ladder Program

Northwoods’ Bariatric Program is a specialized, in-house service for severely obese individuals, designed to improve physical, mental and emotional well-being, leading to the fullest possible quality of life.

Utilizing a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach that combines exercise, physical therapy, psychological counseling, behavioral modification, nutritional education, and medical support, we are able to help participants change the underlying practices and patterns that often perpetuate obesity and create barriers to wellness.

Northwoods has extensive experience providing cancer patients with personalized, integrated rehabilitation and support services. These include physical and occupational therapy, therapeutic exercise, nutritional management, psychosocial counseling, stress and pain management, wound care, and lymphedema treatment. Services are tailored to each resident’s specific condition and approved as part of a comprehensive plan of care with the resident’s oncologist.