Patient’s Age: 73-years-old
Admission Date: 05/26/2017
Admitted From: Hudson Valley Hospital Center
Discharged Date: TBD
Discharged to: TBD
Length of Stay: TBD
Reason for Stay: Frequent falls at home
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? Through another rehab center

Details of Experience:
After moving in with his family to help watch his grandkids, Joe A. realized that after a while, his grandkids were watching over him rather than Joe watching over them. Joe has had quite a few falls that were happening too often. This was when his family realized he needed physical therapy to help him get his balance back.

Joe came to Cortlandt Healthcare three years ago for rehab due to his frequency in falling. He found out about Cortlandt Healthcare through another rehab community and thought he would give it a try. This has been his home ever since! He was greeted by our wonderful nursing staff and loved his room! He loved the atmosphere of the whole community.

At first, he was eager to get started and was excited to get better with our amazing therapy team. He started working with Colleen, Ricky, and Lisa after his evaluation. Joe needed help getting out of bed and with other daily tasks like getting dressed and going to the bathroom. Our therapy team helped him with this and helped him to become more independent.

When Joe was still working, he became a chef after attending the Culinary Institute. He worked in hotels and was in the Air National Guard. Joe loved to cook and his favorite thing to cook was any type of Italian food. He also made ice carvings in his spare time. He would say, “Cooking is an art; it comes out like a picture.” After retirement, he loved to cook for his family, it was his favorite hobby.

Joe had other hobbies, while he was still at home. He enjoyed going outside, being around people, and going to the casino on the weekends! Now that he is at Cortlandt, he still enjoys going outside and being around people, but he also likes to play bingo, participate in Urban Zen, listen to live music, watch live dancing, and he enjoys Zumba as well!

Now that Joe has gotten stronger and can be more independent, it is easier for him to live his life to the fullest! He can now get dressed and move around without a lot of assistance and can walk with a walker up to 125 feet! He also gets to enjoy the company of the other residents and our wonderful staff. Joe mentioned that he enjoys our nursing staff and aides, who are super helpful to him. One piece of advice he gave was, “Enjoy what you do.” This was something that everyone can apply to their own life!

Patient’s Age: 67-years-old
Admission Date: 02/26/2020
Admitted From: New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City
Discharged Date: TBD
Discharged to: TBD
Length of Stay: TBD
Reason for Stay: Hip replacement and cancer in femur
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? She heard about us from her friend who was at Cortland for rehab.

Details of Experience:
In June of 2019, Carol C. saw a doctor for hip pain which they thought was arthritis. Once the pain progressed, the doctor recommended using a cane when needed but that quickly turned into a walker when she had trouble walking. She returned to the doctor in January, where she underwent an X-ray and an MRI. While evaluating Carol’s results, they found something abnormal in her femur bone. Carol was sent to New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan where they found cancer on her femur bone. Thankfully, the cancer did not spread.

Carol underwent a four-hour surgery on her femur and hip in February 2020. First, they cut the femur bone to excise the cancer and then placed steel rods. They also performed a hip replacement for support in her lower extremities. She required this surgery because her leg and hip were causing her a great deal of pain.

Carol was in the hospital for five days post-surgery and then needed to find a rehab to attend. She had a friend that she knew went to rehab for an injury so she decided to ask if she would recommend where she went. This is how Carol found out about Cortlandt Healthcare.

Carol was welcomed to Cortlandt Healthcare and greeted by our nursing staff and our concierge who brought her to her room and gave her a nice meal since she arrived after dinner. Carol shared that she had a great first night with us! She was put into a lovely room with a wonderful woman who sooner became her best friend. During her free time, Carol and her roommate loved to color and do puzzles together. She also enjoyed doing our activities with our recreation department like bingo. She also enjoys reading and she loved to visit her friends when she was home and she can’t wait to get back to that!

She was later evaluated by rehab and then started her PT with Ricky. Her OTs, Monique, and Lisa, helped her out of bed most days and helped her whenever she needed it. As Carol stated, “They were wonderful! They always assisted me with daily tasks such as going to the bathroom and getting dressed!”

Carol’s self-goal was to be able to walk with the walker and be more independent and today, Carol is almost as independent as she would like and only has a little bit more therapy until her discharge! She can walk with the walker and can navigate the stairs independently. She is becoming more and more confident in her ability to complete everyday tasks. Carol is feeling very good with her results and the service provided. As she shared, “Cortlandt Healthcare’s therapy team is excellent! They are very patient and they are willing to help you no matter what!” She is extremely excited to be able to go home!

Patient Age: 77 years old
Admission Date: 03/08/2020
Admitted From: Hospital for Special Surgery
Discharged Date: 04/28/2020
Discharged to: Home
Length of Stay: 51 days
Reason for Stay: Left ankle replacement
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? A neighbor who is a Physical Therapist recommended Cortlandt Healthcare

Details of Experience:
In early 2020, Bryan had a lot of pain and difficulty walking while doing daily activities and chores around the house. Following many years of working in a moving company and doing the heavy lifting, he needed an ankle replacement. He had ankle replacement surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and he remained in the hospital for 3 days for recovery. During his research for rehabilitation options his neighbor, a Physical Therapist, recommended he go to Cortlandt Healthcare.

Upon arriving at Cortlandt Healthcare, Bryan was welcomed by a friendly nursing and concierge staff. While he lived independently at home, he knew it would take work to return to that point. When asked his own self-goal, he said, “When I finish my rehab, I want to be able to ride my bike around the campground and snorkel!” Once settled into the community, Bryan was assessed by the Cortlandt’s rehabilitation team, to create a personalized treatment plan.

He had minimal bed mobility and was non-weight bearing on his left leg. Because of this, he was unable to walk. Working regularly with therapists Ricky and Mike, Bryan began putting weight on his ankle again after only a few days, in a difficult journey he compared to his time serving in the Air Force. During his time at Cortlandt, Bryan enjoyed reading books and watching TV while not in therapy. He also liked to look out of his window on nice days and enjoyed the food while he was staying with us!

Bryan was walking around on his own wearing only a boot until the beginning of May. After he no longer needed the boot, he was 100% weight-bearing and returned to functional independence.

If needed, Bryan would choose to come back to Cortlandt Healthcare because of his positive experience. “My ‘vacation’ at Cortlandt Healthcare has been very positive. The staff has been excellent and helpful and I can’t wait to get home!” Bryan will forever be a part of the Cortlandt Healthcare family and wish him all the best.

Admission Date: 3/26/19
Admitted From: Hudson Valley Hospital
Discharged Date: 4/24/19
Discharged to: Home with son and family
Length of Stay: 30 days
Reason for Stay: Multiple sclerosis and lower back pain
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? Reference from friends who were previous residents at Cortlandt Healthcare

Details of Experience:
Mrs. Edwards arrived at Cortlandt Healthcare on March 26th, 2019, as a result of a long battle with multiple sclerosis and a recent exacerbation. Mrs. Edwards recently attempted to wean down to a lower dose of pain medication and subsequently exhibited a significant decrease in her functional mobility, range of motion, reduced balance, and an increase in pain and the need for assistance from others. Once Mrs. Edwards arrived at Cortlandt, she was greeted with open arms by our director of admissions, subacute unit manager, and our director of concierge services.

Upon Mrs. Edwards’ arrival, she received a full evaluation from our rehabilitation department. Short term goals were put in place very quickly for Mrs. Edwards for both physical and occupational therapy. Her physical therapy short term goals were to be able to perform transfers with moderate (50%) assistance, perform bed mobility with moderate assistance, and to ambulate 25 feet with a rolling walker with moderate assistance.

Occupational therapy established Mrs. Edwards with several short term goals as well, including completing hygiene and grooming tasks sitting in front of a mirror with stand by assistance and to be able to safely and efficiently perform upper body dressings with stand by assistance with no equipment.

Mrs. Edwards advanced through her short term goals with the help of her rehabilitation therapists, but her initial progression was akin to a seesaw. There were days where her ability to fully participate in therapy would change, due to her pain and the management of it. Her pain would severely hamper some of her goals, particularly walking. Nevertheless, through the Interdisciplinary pain management program (featuring the nursing, rehabilitation, and medical professional departments). Mrs. Edwards managed and stabilized her pain, thereby allowing her to fully progress through her rehabilitation program.

After Mrs. Edwards was able to complete her short term goals, she was able to shift her efforts towards her long term goals. Some of Mrs. Edwards’ long term physical therapy goals consisted of performing bed mobility tasks with modified independence, safely ambulate 100 feet using a rolling walker and stand by assistance, and to lower her pain significantly from an 8/10 measurement.

Some of Mrs. Edwards’ long term occupational therapy goals were to safely perform full-body bathing with minimum assistance and the use of a long-handled shower head and shower chair, to safely and efficiently perform lower body dressing with minimum assistance and no equipment and to perform functional mobility during activities of daily living using the least restrictive device and stand by assistance.

Once again, Mrs. Edwards showed she was fully capable of rehabilitating with the help of our therapists. Based on the successful completion of her short term goals, the only obstacle for her was the continued maintenance of her pain. Through participation in her pain management program, Mrs. Edwards met all her long term goals as well.

Four short weeks later, on April 24th, 2019, Mrs. Edwards was discharged to her son’s home where she lives with her son and his family whom many employees had the opportunity to meet personally. She shared that she enjoyed her stay with us since she knew the community would help her get better and she felt the therapists themselves were extremely dedicated to making that happen. In fact, Mrs. Edwards stated, “I would definitely recommend anyone to come here if they need therapy.”

Cortlandt Healthcare was honored to see Mrs. Edwards return home. Due to the successful completion of her rehabilitation program, Mrs. Edwards plans to take a trip to Israel in the near future- what a way to celebrate a successful recovery!

Patients Age: 72-years-old
Admission Date: 09/15/18
Admitted From: Hudson Valley Hospital
Discharged Date: 12/27/18
Discharged to: Home
Length of Stay: TBD
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? Hudson Valley Hospital Center

Details of Experience:
72-year-old, Louis S. arrived at our community, Cortlandt Healthcare, seeking physical therapy for his recent diagnosis of bronchopneumonia and muscle weakness. During treatment, Louis S. was in need of physical therapy six times a week, the therapy was directed at maintaining his muscle strength and balance.

The initial goals that were anticipated were to safely ambulate 75 feet using a rolling walker, then to increase to 150 feet with assistance. Another goal was to successfully go up and down seven steps. If all of this was completed, Louis would have a safe discharge home.

Over the next couple of weeks, the therapy worked diligently with Mr. Louis S. to increase his gait and overall balance and strength. Within a few weeks, Louis was able to ambulate 250 feet with a rolling walker! As a few more weeks passed, Louis was reevaluated. It was at this time that he was able to ambulate 400 feet with a rolling walker! He not only met his goal but exceeded it!

The next goal to accomplish was to overcome the stair climb; a goal was set of seven steps. With some time, he was able to achieve the seven steps while holding either side of the handrails. When speaking to Mr. Louis S. he explained that his time here as a “big experience.”

Louis S. continued to share, “physical therapy went very well. My therapist, Bob, is my buddy. He did beautifully and he helped me out so much. Nursing has been very good, and they always helped me out.” Overall, Louis S. stated, “Everything went perfect and I am very happy.”
Louis was successful in his recovery and rejuvenation and was escorted home with a smile. We are proud to be a part of his journey, and only wish him the best of luck throughout. Thank you for letting us join you on your journey, Louis!

Patients Age: 83-years-old
Admission Date: 10/16/18
Admitted From: Hudson Valley Hospital Center
Discharged Date: 11/14/18
Discharged to: Home
Length of Stay: 29 days
Reason for Stay: Abscess of liver
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? Through the social worker at Hudson Valley Hospital

Details of Experience:
Delores H. arrived to Cortlandt Healthcare after a stay at Hudson Valley Hospital Center with a diagnosis of an abscessed liver, muscle weakness, paraplegia, and essential hypertension, which caused her to have a PICC line in place and a JP drain. At the age of 83-years-old, Delores H. was living alone and needed help gaining her strength back during her recovery. During her stay, Delores H. received therapy six times a week and made great progress.

Upon entering our community, Delores H. had difficulty walking and came in walking a total of 60 feet. At the time of graduation and her discharge home, she was up to 350 feet! Throughout the weeks, Delores H. was able to maintain good balance while standing up without any support and eventually continued on and graduated at the highest practical level for her therapy.

Delores H.’s physical and occupational therapy teams worked hand and hand to ensure she knew all the safety precautions in order to enhance the best quality of life for her.

Delores H. had a successful discharge home, but before doing so she expressed her experience at Cortlandt. Delores H. shared that during this time it was a learning experience, all while the complete staff was wonderful. Delores H. also shared her experience by saying, “my whole experience was overall very good. I learned a lot and physical therapy was excellent. I got along with everyone and everyone (staff and patients) treated me like a mother and a friend and it was so nice.”

We are proud of Delores H’s recovery to return back home. We wish her the best of luck and to keep up the great work!

Patients Age: 84-years-old
Admission Date: 8/19/18
Admitted From: Bronx VA Hospital
Discharged Date: 10/21/18
Discharged to: Home
Length of Stay: 63 days
Reason for Stay: Chest pain and muscle weakness
How did this patient hear about Cortlandt Healthcare? Thomas T. knew about Cortlandt Healthcare because he was here before in 2013.

During Thomas Tinsley’s stay at Cortlandt Healthcare, he was very determined to regain his strength and eventually be discharged home. Thomas began therapy with a right and left knee brace and some chest pain. His baseline in therapy was fair and used one assist, but had some difficulty shifting his weight. In the beginning, he was only able to walk a total of five feet and was not able to use the stairs.

After receiving physical therapy for six days a week for a few weeks, Thomas was able to gain momentum and strength in his legs. He went from walking five feet, to 100 feet, in just four weeks. He was then he was able to walk 150 feet by November 20th!

Once Thomas was able to get up and walking, the next goal was the stairs. Thomas had set a goal to get over a handful of stairs in order to have a safe discharge home. During his eighth week here, Thomas was able to walk up and down a total of 16 stairs! Lastly, Thomas completed his goal of a car transfer, safely and independently, the same week.

Outside of therapy, Thomas enjoyed playing bingo and having meals in the day room with the other patients. During his initial, weekly, and monthly evaluations, Thomas described the nursing staff as, “excellent, they are all very good, and they always do what I ask!”
Thomas describes his physical therapy experience as, “they are excellent and always on top of my exercises, and they are fantastic; such professionals!” Overall Thomas T. rated his experience a 10 out of 10 for satisfaction!

We are proud that we can provide the care for those in need. Thomas was a great resident who set a wonderful example to those who require rehabilitation!