NewsChannel 9 – April 2, 2024
Success stories like these don’t come around every day. At the end of this past February, Dorothy Vasquez, a 50-year-old flower designer from Nedrow, New York, was admitted to Onondaga Center in Minoa, New York. Even though Dorothy has end-stage renal disease, a facility that Dorothy was first admitted to told her that she would never walk again, as she was using a Hoyer Lift to be transferred to and from surfaces, being primarily dependent on machines. The notion of not walking again didn’t fly with the Sigma Rehabilitation team at the 80-bed skilled nursing facility when they felt with proper therapy and Dorothy’s willingness, perhaps a better outcome was in the stars. Both the rehab team and Dorothy were right and now, after hard work by therapy Dorothy’s willingness, she is looking at an April 2024 discharge home. NewsChannel 9
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Centers Health Care provides rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care for people with a wide range of needs. Whether someone is recovering from surgery, managing an illness or simply needs more support than can be provided at home, our staff is there to help.
The goal is not exactly the same for everyone. It may be returning home, becoming stronger, staying independent or simply feeling better and more comfortable from one day to the next. There will be progress, setbacks and difficult days along the way. Our job is to be there through all of it, and to help each patient or resident get as far as he or she can.
Sometimes that progress comes in large steps. More often, it comes in small ones. Either way, every step matters.
Our Steps to Home series follows patients through rehabilitation and the journey from hospital to home:
