Aug 28 2009
Award-Winning Nursing Home in Venice
Today’s featured senior living facility is Pinebrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Venice, FL. Pinebrook is a 120-bed facility that offers a wide range of post-acute care, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, and other specialty medical services. They also have a special Alzheimer’s care unit called the Avalon Wing, and they provide hospice-related services (in partnership with a licensed hospice organization) and respite-care services (for elderly people whose primary, at-home caregiver is temporarily unavailable).
Pinebrook has been part of the Venice, Florida, community for more than 17 years. Last year the facility received the Excellence in Action Award from the Florida Health Care Association, in recognition of outstanding customer service.
One of the facility’s unique features is an outdoor therapy garden. This functional therapy garden provides real-life activities where elderly residents can regain balance, strength, mobility-and confidence. For example, instead of using parallel bars indoors, patients can cross a bridge with parallel railings that spans a man-made koi pond.
Other therapeutic areas include:
- A beach-like area to practice walking in sand
- A gravel walkway similar to many home driveways
- An uneven pavement area
Pinebrook also offers:
- On-site beauty/barber shop
- Common room
- Several dining rooms
- Family lounge
- Well-equipped therapy gym
- Koi pond
- Picnic areas
- Assistance with scheduling transportation to medical appointments and nearby shops
To learn more about Pinebrook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, visit www.pinebrookrnc.com. For a searchable database of senior living facilities in Florida, visit Florida Senior Living Advisor.