Redstone Highlands, so much more than just a Nursing Home
The retirement communities of today are not your
grandmother’s nursing home. Redstone offers multiple levels of services
including personal care, memory care and independent apartment living, villa
home living, and home health care, in addition to skilled nursing. Redstone is referred to as a Life Plan
Community, or Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). In addition to having different levels of
service to address health changes, Redstone offers maintenance free living with
a social and recreational focus supporting a healthier living environment and
higher quality of life for today’s older adult.
The Rehab Center at
Redstone (a.k.a. skilled nursing), focuses on supporting healing after an
injury or health event. The emphasis is on getting back to one’s baseline through
therapies such as physical, speech and occupational therapy, with the goal of
returning individuals to their previous living environment as quickly as
possible. In the old model, it was
common for people to be in a nursing setting taking up to 90 days or longer to get
back on their feet. Today, the average
stay is much shorter often times with individuals discharging within just two
weeks. In many cases home health services
are a part of the discharge plan to support continued progress once the person
returns home. To ensure each person stays on the path to better health,
Redstone’s team stays in contact with each discharged person to ensure they
continue to make progress, see if they have any questions, and help with any
problems that might arise. This has resulted in more positive outcomes and less
return trips to the hospital.
Not only has the focus of nursing homes changed, but
the setting has changed as well. The old model for nursing homes was more of a
convalescent environment where elderly (mostly single and widowed females) who
couldn’t live on their own came to live in a communal setting, often
times with shared rooms housing 2 to 6 people in each room located on a ward. In
the Rehab Center at Redstone, most suites are private. Semi private suites are
large with only two people sharing a suite. Each room has a flat screen tv,
private phone and free Wi-Fi. Patients
enjoy using our gym, dining in the bistro, and going to our salon for services.
