This apartment is especially good for the caregiver or spouse to practice helping the person get into a bed or bathroom. They know there is a nurse outside, or that they can grab the pull bell on the wall if they need to. Going through this makes a big difference in how well someone adjusts at home, Causey says. Also located near the gym are a heated indoor therapy pool complete with a hydraulic lift to help patients in and out a beauty shop that is open two afternoons a week and a recreational, or expressive, therapy room. This room is devoted to fun activities such as learning new hobbies, playing games and working puzzles.
Patients practice sensory skills while socializing with fellow patients.
A wall in the room displays the colorful, dated hand prints of patients who are about to go home. The main dining room on the second floor is designed to encourage patients to choose their own foods, wait on themselves to the extent possible and enjoy dining with other patients and visiting family members. Most patient rooms are double occupancy and all have large picture windows and individual telephones and televisions. When Mabel Soissette Nixon of Warsaw entered CRH on Dec. 21, her right side was paralyzed. She had been a patient at Sampson Memorial Hospital in Clinton when she was transferred to CRH for rehabilitative help.