Transitional rehabilitation is used when patients require intensive, 24-hour nursing and/or therapy services, but cannot tolerate or do not require the intensity of therapy delivered in an inpatient rehab hospital. Alternatively, transitional rehab is used when a patient?s insurance benefit does not allow inpatient rehabilitation for their condition. Transitional Rehabilitation patients receive therapy in amounts that fit their endurance level and medical condition. Usually this means between 30 minutes and 2 hours of therapy, five days a week. Typically, patients in Transitional Rehabilitation are discharged in about 20-40 days. Patients may be discharged home with outpatient rehab or home health services, or transitioned to inpatient rehabilitation with the goal of returning home.

Heinz Senior Rehab Care Unit

Transitional rehab is provided at The Heinz Senior Rehab Care Unit in Wilkes-Barre, and at our Skilled Nursing Center in Scranton. The Heinz Senior Rehab Care Unit is designed for senior adults 50 and above who need a helping hand to fully recover from illness, injury, or surgery. Unlike many nursing homes, it is not a destination. It is a place of transition. Our goal is for residents to return to their own homes when they are well.

The Heinz Senior Rehab Care Unit has 21 beds, one of which is a private, negative pressure room. Negative room pressure is an isolation technique used to prevent cross-contaminations from room to room. It includes a ventilation system that generates negative pressure to allow air to flow into the isolation room but not escape from the room, as air will naturally flow from areas with higher pressure to areas with lower pressure, thereby preventing contaminated air from escaping the room. This technique to used for isolation of patients with airborne contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, measles, or chickenpox.

Rebuilding Strength

Rehabilitation is a specialty medicine that requires highly trained staff and state of the art equipment. For over 25 years, Heinz Rehab Hospital has been the premier rehabilitation facility in Wyoming Valley.

Recovering Health

Under the supervision of board-certified physiatrists, a team of highly qualified professionals provides a broad range of specialized services and therapies for patients in a home-like environment that allows residents the most effective therapy setting. Our residents and their families enjoy their visits in a relaxing atmospheres in modern, attractive rooms and visiting areas.

Returning Independence

Our professional staff works diligently to produce a caring, safe environment. As a team we work towards improving our residents? quality of life, overcoming disabilities, and developing a plan for return to the community. Should residents need to continue rehab therapy on an outpatient basis, Heinz Rehab has seven additional outpatient clinics throughout the Wyoming Valley, as well as a variety of home health and in-home services.

Standout Transitional Rehab*

Allied Services Heinz Senior Rehab Unit was ranked as a 4-Star facility on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare website. Licensed as a nursing home, our transitional rehab unit was one of only two facilities in Luzerne County PA to have a 4-Star Rating. The rating system measures a facility?s performance on state health inspection results, nurse staffing levels, and performance on select quality measures. Overall ratings range from 1 to 5 stars, 5 stars being the best. In addition to the overall rating, ratings are also provided for each contributing measures. The Heinz Senior Rehab Unit was the only Luzerne County facility to have a 5-Star rating for nurse staffing levels. There is considerable evidence of a relationship between nursing home staffing levels, staffing stability, and resident outcomes. The CMS Staffing Study found a clear association between nurse staffing ratios and nursing home quality of care. Our Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center in Scranton achieved a 4-Star rating on the nurse staffing measure.

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To learn more about how a short rehabilitative stay at Senior Care Rehab can help residents begin progress toward recovery and independence, please call 570-826-3826.

*ratings were based on www.medicare.gov/NHCompare on 5/17/2011.