Therapy

Advantage is our Rehabilitation service offered at all 8 of our Lorien facilities across Maryland. We specialize in Physical, Occupational and Speech therapies performed by our licensed staff.

Physical Therapy provides the rehabilitative assistance needed to regain strength, endurance and mobility- all necessary components of a solid recovery. It includes the evaluation and treatment for range of motion and balance deficits, gait abnormalities, pain management, neurological deficits and community re- entry.

Occupational Therapy helps you relearn simple daily tasks that are an important part of everyday living and optimal functioning. The evaluation and treatment for activities of daily living deficits such as feeding, hygiene, dressing and homemaking, visual/ perceptual disorders and pain are given as well.

Speech Therapy assists you in regaining your speaking, swallowing and comprehension skills essential for verbal communication. In addition, any communication disorders and cognitive deficits will be evaluated and treated as identified.

Special Assessments:

Comprehensive Fall Management Program

• Tinetti Balance and Gait Score : tests used to predict falls
• Berg Balance Test : used to measure balance in older adults
• Timed "Up and Go" Test : measurement of mobility
• Dynamic Gait Index : functional balance assessment

Pain

• Brief Pain Inventory : pain assessment
• Brief Fatigue Inventory : fatigue assessment

Cognitive

• Mini Mental State Exam : brief exam to quantify cognitive function
• Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills : assesses activities of daily living

Speech

• Apraxia Battery for Adults : measures the severity of apraxia (speech disorder)
• Communicative Abilities in Daily Living : test of functional communication for aphasic adults
• Swallowing Assessments : used to identify diagnoses and treatments for swallowing problems

Visual/ Perceptual

• Motor Free Visual Perceptual Exam : valid measure of overall visual perceptual ability
• Visual Motor Inventory : standardized test that identifies significant difficulties with visual

Caregiver Rehabilitation: Our team of professionals understand that caring for someone is challenging and will modify their techniques and education based on your needs. Our therapists will help advise and guide the caregivers to deal with issues they are facing beyond the resident.
Caregivers will be given the opportunity to:

• Learn how to safely assist in movement and positioning
• Learn exercises that can be done at home to aid the rehabilitation process
• Ensure home safety needs are addressed
• Assist with communication needs

You can feel confident whether it is you or a loved one, who is in our hands. There really is no place like home, and at Lorien our goal is to get you there.

Advantage Fitness and Rehabilitation's Role in Lorien Assisted Living Communities

Assisted living communities have become a popular choice for the growing population of older adults. It encompasses a variety of aspects they could not receive, by staying at home such as socialization, planned activities, all meals provided, on- site medical care and more.

Advantage compliments the assisted living community model by providing therapeutic services that support the older adult in their efforts to remain independent and successfully age in place. Our team of skilled physical, occupational and speech therapy practitioners are available to provide treatment intervention, education, and guidance to the older adult who has experienced a medical decline.

This is usually associated with those who require therapy in order to restore function or compensate for lost skills. Here at Advantage Fitness and Rehabilitation, our goal is to maximize resident independence in order to enable each individual to continue to live successfully in the assisted living community.

Specific areas of specialized rehab intervention and/ or consultation for the resident include, but are not limited to:

• Safety Education & Training
• Home Modification/ Environmental Adaptation
• Safe Driving/ Community Mobility Training
• Falls Prevention
• Self Care Training
• Joint Protection Training
• Mobility & Balance Training
• Pain Management
• Functional Continence Training
• Adaptive Equipment Training
• Memory Enhancement
• Psychosocial Enhancement
• Low Vision Rehabilitation
• Leisure Engagement
• Communication Training
• Home Management Training
• Health Promotion & Education