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Offering your residents and employees measurable and highly effective Physiotherapy solutions can make a real difference in your home! At Columbia Life, we care for your residents with goal oriented, OHIP funded Eldercare Physiotherapy and Enhanced Care Programs. We introduce you to effective concepts and training that can save your home thousands in WSIB claims/costs and improve the skills of your employees. We even tend to residents' families with useful communication tools and instant access to easy-to-read progress reports. At Columbia Life, we become a valued member of your team and not just another outsourced service provider!
But what makes Columbia Life so different is that we listen! Your home is unique and has unique needs. By following a simple, three step process: 1. Listen 2. Adapt 3. Implement - we match our programs exactly to your specifications.
"Columbia Life's service greatly improves our resident's quality of life, allowing some to gain an improved level of independence. Residents and their families' who have been previously advised that they may never walk again, are walking with the aid of a walker or cane. Residents who thought they would spend their remaining years in a bed or chair, are smiling as they self-propel their wheelchair down a corridor."
Cathy Cartier, Director of Care
Extendicare Tecumseh Long-Term Care Facility
TAKE A LOAD OFF...Reducing Staff and Resident Injuries During Lifts and Transfers: Did you know that long-term care facility employees are twice as likely as other workers to be injured on the job? As a matter of fact, employees in nursing and personal care facilities sustain more than 200,000 work-related injuries per year...
TAKING ALL THE RIGHT STEPS...Implementing a Fall Prevention Program
Every year, the average 100-bed nursing home reports as many as 100 to 200 falls! Up to 75 percent of nursing home residents fall annually--as a matter of fact, there are an average of 2.6 falls per resident. Of these falls, 2 to 6 percent cause...
PRACTICING RESTRAINT IN USING RESTRAINTS...Implementing a Least Restraint Program
The average nursing home resident falls between two and three times every year. And as you know, falls can result in fractures, serious injury or even death. But did you know that routine use of restraints does not reduce the risk of falls?
