In the Continuing Care Unit, staff work to return patients with combined physical and medical ailments home, rather to a long-term care facility. In one program, staff nurses receive extra training in geriatric nursing. Another program provides daily visits by Elder Life specialists and volunteers. A special geriatric psychiatry unit is designed to meet the needs of the older individual with psychiatric illness. A special physician practice follows patients who have been discharged to area nursing homes for subacute care.
Physicians make daily rounds at area nursing homes to ensure care is as integrated as possible.
Genetic Consultation Service Diagnosis, management and genetic counseling services for a broad range of hereditary and gene-influenced conditions. Evaluation of birth defects, mental retardation, inborn errors of metabolism, connective tissue disorders, skeletal dysplasias, craniofacial disorders and other possible genetic conditions. Testing and counseling for inherited cancer, Huntington disease, biochemical genetic disorders, and others. Full array of prenatal diagnostic services. Extensive laboratory services.