Steps to Home: How Centers Health Care Helps You Recover—every step of the way.
If you have suffered a serious injury or illness, or undergone a major surgery, you may feel like you will never recover—never regain your independence, never get back to the life you loved. But although you may feel weak and powerless, there is a path past the pain, that can lead you back to a stronger you. It’s Steps to Home.
Step number one in your Steps to Home is planning.
The moment you come through our doors, the planning begins. Our medical personal and therapy staff consult with you, your family, your healthcare provider—and hospital if you have just been discharged—to create a path to recovery designed specifically for you and the challenges you face. That is the vital first step in your individualized Steps to Home plan of action.
Step number two is teamwork.
As the saying goes, teamwork makes the dream work. Your dream is to make a full recovery, to get back on your feet and back home. Our team is here to make your dream a reality. Depending on the nature of your condition and your treatment plan, you’ll work with our expert Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists. You’ll benefit from the most advanced rehab technology, such as BlazePod—an interactive training system that will help you improve balance, coordination, and mobility. It’s both effective and fun.
The teamwork doesn’t end there, however. In addition to the therapy and medical staffs, our recovery will also involve the dietary, activity, and social work departments. In other words, you benefit from a holistic approach to your health and recovery.
Step three in your Steps to Home recovery is the best step of all.
You have come a long way. Your recovery is nearly complete. You are almost ready to leave us and head back home to your family. Just as we created a plan for your rehab, now we work with you to put together a plan for your discharge. We coordinate with your family. We contact your provider. We discuss with you community resources that you can take advantage of. And, on the day of your discharge, the team joins together to celebrate your achievement—the success of your recovery.
Ultimately, Steps to Home is all about you—your needs, your goals and the fulfillment of them. Every step you take makes you stronger and gets you closer to your home. You are sure to face various challenges along the way—both physical and emotional. The Centers team—every member of the staff—is there to support and encourage you. From the day of your arrival, throughout your recovery with us, to the day you go out our doors and head back into the community, your safety and well-being are paramount.
Watch Anthony’s successful recovery from a stroke in our Steps to Home series.
Then schedule a tour. Steps to Home starts here.
Granville Center: Home Should Not Be a Last-Day Conversation
At Granville Center on Madison Street, the “Steps to Home” idea has to start before anyone is talking about discharge papers. A patient may be doing fine in one therapy session and then struggle later with fatigue, balance, pain, or getting dressed without help. That is the kind of thing a family wants known before the ride home is arranged. Granville lists short-term care, long-term care, individualized rehab plans, rehab technology, nurses, therapists, onsite medical staff, and EMR/charting used across the care team. Translated out of website language: therapy should know what nursing is seeing, nursing should know how therapy went, and the discharge plan should not be built from one good hallway walk. For patients trying to get back home after a hospital stay, the useful work is often plain and repetitive — walking, transferring, stairs, meals, rest, family instructions — until the next step is not a guess
