In September of 2019, Ms. Edna had an accident at home and she required surgery. Her doctors recommended skilled services in a skilled nursing facility so she could receive as much therapy as she could tolerate. During her stay in a local SNF, Ms. Edna became sick with a UTI and was hospitalized at Mercy […]
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Ms. Joan arrived at Bayou Chateau Nursing Center following multiple hospitalizations. These hospitalizations resulted in cognitive decline, generalized muscle weakness, and increased dependency on caregivers. “When I got here I couldn’t walk or hardly do anything. It was like I was in limbo,” says Ms. Joan. Although Ms. Joan had a long way to go, she
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In recognition of National Aphasia Awareness Month, Therapy Center would like to share important information regarding aphasia and communicating with those impacted by aphasia. WHAT IS APHASIA? Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person’s ability to process language, but does not affect intelligence. It impairs the ability to speak and understand others,
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When Mrs. Gertrude Naquin came to Maison Teche Nursing Center, she had been discharged from Lafayette General following three months in ICU after open heart surgery and being diagnosed with pneumonia. She entered the facility recovering from a tracheotomy and PEG tube, unable to move, walk, and talk. Mrs. Gertrude, along with her family, had a goal
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Karleigh’s Story In celebration of Physical Therapy month, we would like to acknowledge one of our many amazing physical therapist, Karleigh Crochet Sigur. She is our full time physical therapist at nursing facility Maison Teche in New Iberia. Karleigh received her bachelors of Science/Kinesiology major from LSU and her Doctorate of physical therapy from Texas
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As a part of Therapy Center’s company-wide giving back campaign, our therapy teams choose different causes to give back to throughout the year. Last month, our team at The Columns Community Care Center decided to help out the Catahoula Parish Council on Aging. “Jonesville is a small town and because we have a high rate of patients
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As we kick off the month of June, we would like to take a minute and brag about one of our own and an instrumental player in the upcoming Gulf Coast OT conference. The fact is that we work with a world class group of therapists—each of them unique and amazing in their own ways.
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Ability, motivation, and attitude are all keys to success. You see, ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you actually do, and attitude determines how well you do it. Candice Cooley is the epitome of that success. Working hard, mothering a newborn and finishing up graduate school, all while her husband
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A common misconception about speech therapy is that it only addresses problems with the act of speaking. Not so. I find it particularly interesting that there are so many facets to speech therapy and what a speech therapist does as part of treatment. What is a speech therapist? How can speech therapy benefit me or
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April is National Occupational Therapy Month! This article is intended to celebrate the OT profession and provide education on the practice. Growing up with a dad who is physical therapist, I was somewhat exposed to occupational therapy through my visits to the outpatient clinic where he worked. When I began my job with Therapy Center
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