Crowne Healthcare of Fort Payne

About Crowne Healthcare of Fort Payne

Choosing a skilled nursing center can be a difficult decision fraught with doubt and anxiety. We understand, and we want to help. We assure you that at Crowne Health Care of Fort Payne, a staff of fully qualified professionals stands ready to assist you in every way possible from extending an understanding ear to providing your loved one the finest skilled nursing and rehabilitative therapy available. We can even help you secure Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance coverage should you qualify.

Crowne Health Care of Fort Payne excels. We are not limited to providing residential care for the elderly. Rather, we provide complex medical treatments and therapies tailored to address the many healthcare issues of seniors. At Crowne, you will find a team of professionals from physicians and registered and licensed nurses to certified assistants and licensed social service specialists addressing the needs of each individual from the moment they leave the hospital or home.
 

Physical Therapy Treatments

•MOBILITY

• Bed mobility
• Wheelchair propulsion

•AMBULATION

• Instruction in use of assistive devices (walker, cane)
• Gait training on level and uneven surfaces, including stairs
• Evaluation of home mobility skills
• Maneuvering through doorways, hallways, and around obstacles
• Training in donning and use of orthotics and prosthetics

•MODALITIES

• Superficial and deep heat treatments
• Ultrasound
• Electrical stimulation for muscle re-education
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for pain
• High volt Galvanic stimulation for wound healing
• Massage
• Wound care

•EXERCISE

• Strengthening with use of weights, theraband, etc.
• Stretching to improve flexibility and range of motion
• Balance activities to improve functional outcomes
• Coordination activities to increase agility

Occupational Therapy Treatments

•ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING & INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING

• Bathing
• Dressing
• Eating
• Meal preparation/planning
• Homemaking training
• Money management
• Leisure skill training
• Pre-writing/writing re-training
• Functional mobility

•EXERCISE

• Passive stretching
• Joint mobilization
• Neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) to normalize movement patterns
• Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) exercises
• Gross/fine motor coordination
• Dexterity training
• Splinting
• Environmental Adaptions
• Vestibular Training
• Visual Perceptual Compensation Techniques
• Cognitive Re-training
• Socialization Skills Building

Speech-Language Pathology Treatments

•COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING

• Orientation
• Memory
• Reasoning
• Thought organization/planning
• Judgment and problem solving
• Attention/concentration
• Increase ability to interact with environment
• Provide external devices for orientation and memory
• Help maintain present levels and slow future levels of deterioration through stimulation, external devices and compensation
• Use of augmentative communication devices

•SWALLOWING DISORDERS

• Chewing difficulties
• Coughing and choking during meals
• Timing of swallowing response
• Aspiration
• Pocketing of food
• Refer for modified barium swallow
• Fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation

•LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION

• Translation of thoughts to words
• Functional training in reading/writing skills
• Expansion of expressive language skills
• Increase comprehension of words/actions

•SPEECH AND VOICE

• Treat dysarthria related to decreased oral musculature strength/coordination
• Treat oral/verbal apraxia
• Improve slurred speech
• Improve rate of speaking
• Treat communication problems related to decreased breath support

Our Staff

Our employees are committed to excellence because we know how much you care. Our entire staff routinely receives in-service educational training to better meet the needs of our residents. Our skilled nursing staff receives continuing educational training beyond what is required by law so we may keep abreast of ever-changing health care delivery.