Lake View Care Center - Rehabilitation Services
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1050 Grand Avenue, Bigfork, MT  59911 PH (406) 837-5041, FX (406) 837-1145
The goal of rehabilitation is to assist each patient in becoming as independent and safe as he or she can be in everyday functional activities with the special needs of the geriatric population taken into account.
Rehabilitation Features:
Rehabilitation is offered one to two times a day, up to five days per week based on individual treatment program.
Interdisciplinary team approach for all residents/patients care planning conferences and rehabilitation meetings.
Interdisciplinary team: facility Director of Nursing, Charge Nurse, Social Service personnel, Activities personnel (when appropriate), Dietary (when appropriate), Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist.  For care planning, the family physician and professional consultants are involved.
Rehabilitation Services:
Our professional licensed therapists evaluate, develop, and implement individualized treatment plans for our residents who need therapy assistance.
Physical Therapy Services:
Therapeutic gait training
Transfer training
Strength building     
Endurance Training
Balance Education Programs
Functional mobility training
Prosthetic training
Post ambulation training
Pain Management
Wound Care
Home environment assessments
Occupational Therapy Services:    
Endurance Training
Activities of Daily Living Re-training
Functional Mobility Training
Strength Training
Orthotic Design and Use Instruction
Fine Motor Skills Development
Therapeutic Dining Programs
Home environment assessments
Speech-Language Pathology:      
Laryngectomee Therapeutic Training
Phonation and breathing re-training
Audiology consultant available
Language Re-training     
Communication Re-training
Swallowing Disorders Treatment
Cognitive Function Instruction
Continuum of Care:
Our professional rehabilitation team develops functional maintenance programs for those residents who qualify to encourage them to reach their highest potential in the Long Term Care setting.
Lake View Care Center takes the continuum of care to its final level by offering outpatient rehabilitation services.
Patient Profile:
People who have recently experienced an injury, illness or disease with resulting neurologic or orthopedic impairment, general de-conditioning secondary to multiple and/or complex medical diagnoses.
Motivated person, able to work with the Professional Rehabilitation Team to gain a higher level of function requiring lesser care and ultimately, returns home.
Additional Information:
Generally, when the patient has met Medicare criteria for skilled services (physician's order, 3-day hospital stay regarding this spell of illness and requiring the skilled services of a nurse or therapist), PT, OT and SLP are covered by Medicare Part A.
Medicare Part B generally covers 80% of outpatient and long term care rehabilitation services, Supplemental insurance may cover remaining costs.  However, this coverage varies from policy to policy.
Please contact the Admissions Coordinator at (406) 837-5041 for pre-admission screening, assistance with financial questions, and more information about Lake View Care Center.