The Life Care Center of Estero-Making You Feel at Home

By Ashley Carlson, DPT, ATC, MTC, OP Coordinator  Life Care Center of Estero

Not all assisted living facilities are the same, and that’s certainly true of Life Care Center.  Making the decision to leave your home and live in a facility can be a challenging process.  Word of mouth is usually a good determiner of quality care within a respectful environment, so hearing the praises sung about Life Care by their own residents, means a great deal to many individuals making the decision to transition into the facility.

Residents like Mary Harris Denton, a 94-year-old woman that loved the facility so much, she asked if she could greet each patient and their loved ones to give them a tour of the facility, and to encourage them about the choices they were making.  Mary felt as if Life Care was her home and that the residents and staff were her family.  Many others share the same affections as Ms. Harris, and when you visit Life Care of Estero, you’ll most likely experience that sentiment as well.

The amenities at Life Care are indulgent at its best; making you feel comfortable and completely at home in a serene environment.  You and your visitors can enjoy many of these treats together.  Life Care Center of Estero offers homelike amenities with added luxuries, such as a beauty salon and ice cream parlor. Private rooms and suites are also available, as well as a number of indoor and outdoor areas for residents and patients to host family visits.

Other amenities include:
• 24-hour security
• Beauty salon and Barber
shop
• Chaplain visits
• Coffee shop
• Community room
• Computer access
• Conference room
• Day rooms
• DVD players and movie
library
• Family dining room
• Family/Resident councils
• Fireplace
• Five courtyards
• Flat-screen TVs
• Flexible visiting hours
• Game room
• Gazebo
• Ice cream parlor
• In-house chef
• Library
• Personal phone number
• Pre-admission program
• Preferred Reserve
• Private bathrooms
• Private rooms
• Private suites
• Religious services
• Restaurant-style dining
• Satellite TV
• Satellite TV hookups
• TV lounge
• Walking paths
• Wireless Internet

At Life Care Center of Estero, a skilled team of physical, occupational and speech therapists work together to create and individualized care plan for each patient. Their modalities include the AlterG® Anti-Gravity Treadmill® and the Biodex Balance System SD. Other services include:

• Accelerated Care Plus program
• Admissions accepted 24/7/365
• Adult Day Health program
• AlterG® Anti-Gravity Treadmill®
• Amputee Rehab
• Aphasia therapy
• Back injury treatment
• Balance and fall prevention training
• Bariatric care
• Biodex Balance System SD
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Certified nursing care
• Certified wound nurse on staff
• Closed Pulse Irrigation wound care
• Cognitive linguistic therapy
• Colostomy care
• Dementia care
• Diabetes management and education
• Diabetic neuropathy therapy
• Dysphagia therapy
• Electrical stimulation
• Enteral nutrition
• Gait/Transfer training
• Home evaluations
• Hospice care
• In-house dietician
• In-house rehabilitation services
• IV therapy
• Laboratory services
• Long-term care
• Lymphedema therapy
• Medication management
• NuStep
• On-site physician
• Orthopedic rehabilitation program
• Ostomy care
• Outpatient rehabilitation services
• Oxygen therapy
• Pain management program
• Palliative care
• Peripheral neuropathy therapy
• Podiatry services
• Post-acute care
• Prosthetics and orthotics training
• Ready… Set… Go! Return-To-Home program
• Respiratory care
• Respite care
• Restorative nursing program
• Safe Transitions program (a community re-entry program)
• Social services
• Stroke rehabilitation
• The Guardian Way® neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy system
• Ultrasound therapy
• Vestibular rehabilitation
• Wound care
• X-ray services

To find out more about Life Care of Estero, or to book a personalized tour, please call (239) 495-4000, or visit their website a www.LifeCareCenterofEstero.com to view their services and to peruse their newsletter to find out what other residents have to say about living at Life Care.