Post-Acute Care
Many conditions and treatments require short-term care after a stay in a hospital so the healing process can begin in a comfortable environment. These stays can include specialty treatments and therapies, skilled nursing care, as well as education to ease the transition back home and into your normal lifestyle. Talking to your doctor about post-acute care is important. Making decisions on your care before you are focused on your recovery can ease stress and ensure comfort with the location and philosophy of the short-term stay environment.
At Van Dyk Health Care, we create a customized care plan for you and your family, working closely with your physician, to ensure a smooth recovery and safe return to your home environment.
Post-Acute Care Locations
Skilled nursing services for all patients needs are available at Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood locations.
- Heartways Cardiac Care
- Heartways Infusion Therapy
- LIFE Rehab & Therapy
- LifeMoves Orthopedic Therapy
- Short Term, Post-Acute Care
- Long-Term Chronic Care
- Skilled Nursing
- Wound Care
- Hospice
- Respite Care
Our Services
Wound Care
Wound Care
When you or a loved one suffers from wounds that do not heal quickly, Van Dyk can provide healing services to relieve pain, decrease swelling, increase and restore mobility, and prevent infection. Often, wound care is needed in addition to other services like vascular care, orthopedic injuries, or diabetes. With your physician’s guidance, our wound care certified staff can provide treatment for complicated wounds, including those requiring special beds and wound vac applications. And with a hospital-based wound center close by, specialty consultations are readily accessible for immediate changes to care.
Van Dyk’s Wound Therapy program treats wounds caused by:
- Vascular disease
- Poor circulation
- Pressure
- Diabetes
- Surgery
- Traumatic Injury
Wound Care Locations
Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood locations provide long-term chronic care services to patients in need.
Medical Respite Care
Medical Respite Care
Van Dyk Health Care offers Medical Respite Care as part of our post-acute services for those individuals who are too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on their own but who are not ill enough to be in a hospital. Unlike “respite” for caregivers, which we offer as part of our skilled nursing care services, our Medical Respite service provides short-term residential care that allows patients the opportunity to rest in a safe and comfortable environment while accessing medical care and other supportive services until they are physically ready to return to their normal lives.
LifeMoves Orthopedic Therapy
LifeMoves Orthopedic Therapy
Injuries, accidents, or correction of failed joints all lead to the need for specialized orthopedic rehabilitation and therapy services. Extensive surgeries can prevent continuation of regular, daily activities as pain subsides and movement returns. To cope, specialized inpatient orthopedic rehabilitation is often recommended to ensure a quick, safe return to an active, independent, pain-free lifestyle. At Van Dyk, you receive specialist care as we work with your physician to develop an individualized rehabilitation and therapy plan. Specialized orthopedic rehabilitation and therapy is available for:
- Short-term post-acute care patients
- Long-term patients
- Park Place residents
Planning for After-Care
When you have the advantage of planning your recovery from orthopedic surgery, you can talk to your physician prior to the procedure to determine your options for recovery. Your physician can help you determine whether you may be a candidate for inpatient short-term rehabilitation and therapy like provided at Van Dyk. Choosing early helps to ensure you are comfortable with the staff, environment, and opportunities for care beyond prescribed therapy sessions.
Orthopedic Rehab & Therapy Locations
Van Dyk orthopedic rehabilitation therapists are available at Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood skilled nursing centers.
LIFE Rehab & Therapy
LIFE Rehab & Therapy
Regaining muscle strength and flexibility, improving coordination and endurance, and providing alternative measures for coping with physical restrictions put you back into everyday living safely. At LIFE Rehab & Therapy at Van Dyk, you can regain self-confidence and independence in the comfort of a care-focused environment.
LIFE Rehab & Therapy inpatient services include:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
For:
- Short-term post-acute patients
- Long-term patients
- Park Place residents
Van Dyk’s trained, experienced therapists use evaluation tools, screening programs, therapeutic techniques, modalities, and a variety of functional rehabilitation strategies to alleviate otherwise challenging day-to-day activities to a more comfortable and manageable level. As part of the Van Dyk LIFE Rehab & Therapy program, you’re part of the We Care mission, promising respectful and compassionate care directed at your specific rehabilitation needs under the guidance of trained, experienced professionals.
LIFE Rehab & Therapy Locations
Services are available to patients of all ages at Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood skilled nursing centers.
Infusion Therapy
Infusion Therapy
Beginning inotropic/cardiac infusion treatments can be provided at Van Dyk as part of our specialized HeartWays program. Your treatments will help you transition from inpatient to home, ensuring you do so with consistency and oversight by delivering comprehensive infusion nursing care.
HeartWays infusion services include:
- Access to an expert cardiac clinical nurse liaison to assist in transitions from hospital to Van Dyk and from Van Dyk to home
- Physician and patient access to clinical pharmacist
- Cardiac-educated infusion nurses to administer and monitor care
Infusion Therapy Care Locations
Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood skilled nursing centers provide access to HeartWays Infusion Therapy care services.
HeartWays
HeartWays
Inpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Care
Recovery from a cardiac episode or surgery can require special focus from specialists who understand the stages of rehabilitation and necessary treatment of chronic conditions. Van Dyk’s HeartWays program offers patients direct care by cardiac physicians and nurses who can help you or a loved one transition back into a comfortable lifestyle at home. Healing after cardiac trauma or extended treatment of chronic heart failure requires physical and emotional care. Short-term, inpatient cardiac care is often recommended to safely monitor healing, begin infusion therapy treatment, and understand individual needs. During this recovery time, you’ll carefully be guided toward a unique, at-home care plan that includes exercise, diet, daily activity recommendations, and personal care.
Planning for Cardiac After-Care
When you have the advantage of planning your recovery from cardiac surgery, you can talk to your physician prior to the procedure to discuss your options for recovery. Your physician can help you determine whether you may be a candidate for inpatient short-term rehabilitation and therapy at Van Dyk. Choosing early helps to ensure you are comfortable with the staff, environment, and opportunities for individual healing beyond prescribed physical treatments.
HeartWays Locations
Cardiac care services are available at Van Dyk Montclair and Van Dyk Ridgewood skilled nursing centers.
Testimonials
When I left Van Dyk, a bit earlier, I believe than my experienced physical therapists might have recommended, I felt well-prepared to continue my exercises. I left to be home for Christmas. I had mixed feelings – wistfulness and deep gratitude- among them. Van Dyk had been a true sanctuary and haven for me: a gentle community of people devoted to helping and healing others. I feel blessed to be there. I thank you and your family for creating and maintaining the nurturing, warmly hospitable atmosphere of the Van Dyk and the high quality and professionalism if your staff.