Thompson Health | Partners | Summer 2016

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RECOVERING FROM a serious illness,
surgery or injury can be a challenge, both
physically and emotionally. But helping
people through recovery is exactly what
the Rehabilitation Services team and
the associates in the Skilled Transitional
Unit at the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care
Center specialize in.
Although M.M. Ewing also offers long-
term care, its 22-bed Skilled Transitional
Unit—which opened in late 2015—is
dedicated to people who are leaving
the hospital and in need of medically-
complex care and rehabilitation before
returning home.
The average length of stay for transi-
tional care is two weeks, but a stay on
the Skilled Transitional Unit can range
anywhere from five to 100 days.
PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
With private and semiprivate rooms fea-
turing flat-screen TVs, the unit is located
adjacent to a new, 700-square-foot gym,
where both long-term residents and
guests can work with physical therapists
and occupational therapists.
Also new at M.M. Ewing is an occupa-
tional therapy apartment, primarily for
patients of the Skilled Transitional Unit
who are getting ready to return home.
The apartment has a kitchen area and a
bath area with a tub, so people can work
with occupational therapists to ensure
they will safely be able to resume aspects
of daily living.
AN INDIVIDUAL CARE PLAN
According to Vice President of Long-Term
Care Amy Daly, when a guest begins
their stay on the Skilled Transitional Unit,
an interdisciplinary care planning team
develops the clients’ individual care
plan and monitors the progress during
their journey to optimal health. This
team also includes a social worker, who
helps coordinate care during the stay as
well as discharge plans once the stay is
wrapping up.
“Our goal is to help individuals of all
ages recover in the safety and security of
our facility, to give them the confidence
they need to resume their daily activities
and return to the community,” Daly says.
ABOVE: Jillian Dunkelberger (left)
is among the team of occupational
therapists who work with patients
and residents in the new occupational
therapy apartment at the M.M. Ewing
Continuing Care Center.
RIGHT: The Continuing Care Center also
has a new, larger gym for Rehabilitation
Services as well as a new, 22-bed Skilled
Transitional Unit.
TRANSITIONAL CARE
Specialized unit provides
a stepping stone tohome
For information about the
M.M. Ewing Continuing Care
Center, located at 350 Parrish St.
in Canandaigua, visit the
Senior Living section of
or call
585-396-6021.
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