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Pinnacle Specialty Care New $15 million facility offers modern amenities, quality care MELODY PARKER
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CEDAR FALLS — Care Initiatives, a Des Moines-based senior care provider, is committed to providing transitional care for Iowans, including rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, longterm care and hospice care. MATTHEW PUTNEY, COURIER PHOTO EDITOR In recent months, the comAn exterior view of the new Pinnacle Specialty Care facility in Cedar Falls pany has undergone its own transition in the construction and opening of a new $15 million Pinnacle Prairie Development. Crescent Drive. a part of it.” strategies that benefit the pafacility, Pinnacle Specialty Care, The structure is replacing Windsor residents also have The 100-bed, one-story facil- tients. The care is very individat 1223 Prairie View Road in the Windsor Specialty Care, 2305 transitioned into the attractive ity is an open-concept design, ualized for both rehab-to-home new facility. It’s one of 14 nursing with five wings that all meet in and long-term residents,” she homes in the state of Iowa under a central entry, dining area and explains. Care Initiative’s umbrella that courtyard. Besides the therapy There are other amenities, has been replaced. Care Initia- pool, there is a therapy gym, too. “We have more common tives owns 44 facilities in Iowa. a whirlpool room and shower areas for residents and family “We’ve been preparing our room and several common areas. members, electric beds in evresidents and their families for “We want it to be as home- ery room, deluxe private rooms the move, and letting our ven- like as possible, which is very for rehab-to-home patients, a dors, hospitals and others know. important to residents’ com- nice conference room for staff We’re very excited because we’ll fort,” Osborn said. “We’ve gone meetings, and every wing has be able to provide so much more away from the medical model its own color scheme,” Osborn to our residents in a beauti- to a social model that provides explains. ful new setting,” said Pinnacle the kinds of amenties, care and Color schemes range from Specialty Care Administrator environment found at home. To- blues and sages to rich earthTeri Osborn. day’s residents expect that, too.” tones. The are several fireplaces, For weeks she shuttled back There are 52 private rooms a sunroom and a big-screen TV and forth from Windsor to Pin- with private baths, 24 semi-pri- in the dining room, as well as TVs nacle Specialty Care, supervis- vate rooms, a physical therapy in every resident room. Welcome Care Initiatives ing the unloading and placement wing and a therapy pool. There “Isn’t it amazing what you can to Pinnacle Prairie and of everything from furniture and is a separate wing for rehab-to- do with a piece of ground and congratulations on your therapy equipment to everyday home for short-term knee and 15 million dollars?” said Miles Grand Opening! hip replacements, and therapy King, CEO of Care Initiatives. supplies. “Just eight or 10 short months service with a separate entrance. Pinnacle Specialty Care evenago, we were having a rafDirector of Rehabilitation tually may employ between 75 ter-raising,” said Jason Bridie, Kirsten Jacobson is excited and 100 workers, compared to director of marketing for Care about the new therapy areas and about 70 employees at Windsor, Initiatives, at the facility’s recent equipment. “Having everything Osborn said, particularly in areas open house. “This whole area is within close proximity will make like nursing and housekeeping. www.LockardOnline.com growing, and we’re proud to be it easier to develop treatment “What a beautiful place to
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Pinnacle Specialty Care LOCATION: 1223 Prairie View Road, Cedar Falls WEBSITE: www.careinitiatives.org/pinnacle-specialty-care DETAILS: Anyone interested in learning more about Pinnacle Specialty Care is encouraged to call (319)268-0489) for a tour of the building and the therapy wing.
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Sharon Kreb, left, and Joan Hoveland tour the new Pinnacle Specialty Care center during an open house in Cedar Falls. work in, to live in,” said Char Schlepp, vice president and director of operations at Care IniOur mission: Improving the quality of life for Iowans and their tiative, at the open house. families during life’s health transitions through compassionate and Care Initiatives offers comindividualized care. petitive wages and a number of OUR CORE VALUES employee benefits, including retirement plans, group health Care Initiatives pledges to: insurance, Employee Assistance ALWAYS IMPROVE — Commit to continuously improve quality in Program (EAP), tuition reimeverything we do. bursement and recognition and awards for workplace achieveBE KIND AND HONEST — Demonstrate compassion, integrity, rements. spect and dignity in all interactions. Osborn said that educational SERVE OTHERS — Compassionately serve others and their needs opportunities make it possias defined by them. ble for employees to continue to learn and hone their skills. ALWAYS LEARN — Cultivate a culture of skill development and Plans are to offer an in-house personal growth among all staff. program to train certified nurse WORK AS A TEAM — Recognize the power of teamwork to make assistants. effective, efficient and transparent decisions. The facility’s location, too, couldn’t be better for a senior USE CONSISTENT PRACTICES — Commit to consistency and excelcomplex. Shopping is nearby, lence in all processes. providing options for short field trips with residents, and it will be close to medical referral tori Memorial Hospital and the nacle Specialty Care is, Osborn services — medical centers and recently announced UnityPoint points to the quality of care and hospitals. It will be near the Health-Prairie Parkway. support provided to residents planned replacement for SarAs beautiful as the new Pin- and rehab-to-home clients.
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Latest hydrotherapy pool expands options for healing JASON BRIDIE
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The new Pinnacle Specialty Care was designed with an added emphasis on rehabilitation services to help people get well and go home. One of the new features of Pinnacle Specialty Care is a hydrotherapy pool (aquatic pool) specifically designed for use by certified therapists to help with the therapy and rehabilitation needs of patients. Hydrotherapy isn’t a new concept, but it’s relatively new in the Cedar Valley. Pinnacle Specialty Care’s hydrotherapy pool is only the second pool of its kind in this area.
What is hydrotherapy?
Hydrotherapy is physical therapy that takes place in a pool or other aquatic environment under the supervision of a trained healthcare professional. Hydrotherapy is also known as water therapy, aquatic rehabilitation, aqua therapy, pool therapy, therapeutic aquatic exercise or aquatic therapy. Common goals of hydrotherapy programs include: Improving flexibility Improving balance and coordination Building muscle strength and endurance Enhancing aerobic capacity Assisting with gait and lo-
comotion Reducing stress and promoting relaxation Hydrotherapy is different from aquatic exercise or aquatic fitness because it is a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty that requires the involvement of a trained professional and is covered by many insurance providers due to the personalized nature of the treatment. Hydrotherapy should not be confused with adaptive aquatics, either. Adaptive aquatics is the process of teaching people with disabilities how to swim safely in the water. Aquatic therapy does not focus on teaching clients how to swim.
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Why would a patient want to utilize hydrotherapy? The benefits of hydrotherapy are vast. The natural healing properties of water with advanced aquatic therapy technology such as the underwater treadmill, resistance therapy jets and deep tissue massage are all used to achieve advanced results. For one, the buoyancy of the water can reduce a person’s body weight by up to 90 percent, allowing the patient a way to move and safely begin rehabilitation, sometimes earlier than they would a land-based therapeutic program. The lowered weight-bearing can reduce a sense of fear of falling or reinjuring thus providing a higher level of confidence for the patient.
Pain is also greatly reduced when exercising in warm water. An individual bearing less weight reduces the stress on their legs and joints. The warm water acts as an aid for sore swollen or injured joints and muscles resulting in less pain for the individual, increased range of motion and improved compliance with the program. The hydrotherapy pool has an underwater treadmill as well. This treadmill works in tandem with therapy jets, creating a light resistance which aids in muscle strengthening. The hydrotherapy pool at Pinnacle Specialty Care has adjustable water depth controls, allowing a patient to step onto the pool treadmill or platform at zero depth. The therapist gently lowers the pool floor to an ac-
ceptable depth tailored to the patient’s therapy plan. The therapists at Pinnacle Specialty Care plan to utilize the hydrotherapy pool as an added tool to help their post-acute skilled nursing patients recover from injury, surgery, or illness with the goal of getting well and going home. Use of hydrotherapy in conjunction with Pinnacle’s stateof-the-art therapy gym and Accelerated Care Plus (ACP) therapy equipment, provided by certified therapists, provides patients with the confidence their recovery is the best it can be. Anyone interested in learning more about Pinnacle Specialty Care is encouraged to call (319)268-0489) for a tour of the building and the therapy wing.
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Care Intiatives makes commitment to the Cedar Valley MELODY PARKER
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“We are an organization which offers compassionate individualized care during life’s health transitions. This means providing everything from postacute skilled nursing care, to rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, to long term care to hospice care.”
Care Initiatives is proud of its commitment to the Cedar Valley. The commitment was made more than 26 years ago, when the company was first founded. Care Initiatives acquired Wind sor in Cedar Falls (now Pinnacle), Ravenwood and Parkview in Waterloo (now NorthCrest), and La Porte City Nursing & Rehab Center. They started Care Initiatives Hospice in 2008 serving the Cedar Valley, as well as 66 counties throughout Iowa. “Our mission as a non-profit organization in the Cedar Valley is to improve the quality of life for Iowans and their families during life’s health transitions through compassionate indiMiles King, Care Initiatives CEO vidualized care,” said Care Initiatives CEO Miles King. The replacement of Windsor buildings in this area. “We rebuilt a new building in with Pinnacle Specialty Care completes a multi-year pro- La Porte City in 2004. In 2012, cess of upgrading and replacing we upgraded Ravenwood Spe-
cialty Care with the addition of a state-of-the-art therapy and rehab-to-home wing and therapy gym. In 2013 we replaced Parkview with a new building renamed NorthCrest Specialty Care near the UnityPoint- Allen campus,” he said. The replacement of Windsor with a brand-new building in a new location “completes our long-range plan to offer highlevel rehabilitation services, post-acute skilled nursing care, long-term care and hospice care to the Cedar Valley,” King added. The Care Initiatives philosophy is simple. “We are an organization which offers compassionate individualized care during life’s health transitions. This means providing everything from post-acute skilled nursing care, to rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, to long term care to hospice care,” said King.
What is non-profit Care Initiatives? Created in 1989, Care Initiatives is the largest single operator of quality nursing homes in Iowa. Care Initiatives proudly serves over 3,000 Iowans through 44 skilled nursing care locations, eight assisted living locations, three senior housing apartment locations, and six hospice office locations. Our home office is located in West Des Moines. We are committed to providing compassionate care for Iowans through all of life’s health transitions. All of our facilities are Intermediate Care Facilities as well as Skilled Nursing Facilities, providing regular medical, nursing, social and rehabilitative services. All of our facilities also provide professional nursing care for those who need 24-hour nursing services. All Care Initiatives locations are: Licensed by the state of Iowa
Certified by Medicaid and Medicare Members of the Iowa and American Health Care Association Meet fire and safety regulations. Although each location is unique, all Care Initiatives locations have a warm, comfortable atmosphere for our residents. Our goal is to make them as homelike as possible. We encourage residents to bring personal belongings to make their rooms feel like home. Private and semi-private rooms are available in most locations. Dining areas, activity rooms, outdoor patios and lounges give residents a place to relax and socialize. Barber and beautician services are available for residents.
organization. Our earnings are reinvested in our nursing homes and staff in the form of improvements, new facilities, high quality staff and new care programs. Since 1989, Care Initiatives has reinvested millions of dollars into the communities we serve. We have increased the professional status of our staff through educational opportunities, and extensive renovations to care facilities are ongoing. Since 2000, we have rebuilt 14 facilities. Increased specialty services such as private rooms and enhanced therapy services and space. Enhanced our employee recognition programs. We contract over 100 therapists to provide physical, occupational, and speech rehabiliNon-profit status tation services to our residents Care Initiatives is a non-profit and communities.
“If you’re ill or recovering but not in the hospital or if you’re not fully independent at home, that’s where we step in to provide those transitional health care services. Our core values keep us focused on the care we provide each and every
day. We commit to continually improve quality in everything we do. We demonstrate compassion, integrity, respect and dignity in all interactions. We compassionately serve others and their needs as defined by them.”
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A LOOK INSIDE THE NEW PINNACLE SPECIALTY CARE
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PHOTOS BY MATTHEW PUTNEY / COURIER PHOTO EDITOR
LEFT: Artwork adds to the ambiance. BELOW: Residents and rehab-to-home clients will appreciate the spacious, homelike environment at the new Pinnacle Specialty Care.
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Right: Staff amenities are part of the new facility. Below: All rooms are spacious and have electric beds.
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Comprehensive rehabilitation services are available JAMES BRIDIE
Therapy, in a specially designed access. A certified team of therapy Pinnacle Specialty Care is dif- experts utilizes evidence-based, ferent from other facilities in the clinical pathways to ensure the area because of its state-of-the- highest level of quality funcart hydrotherapy pool, which in- tional performance can be cludes a treadmill floor that rises achieved through the initiation to the surface, for extremely easy of services. For instance, Speech Therapy has specialized treatments for swallowing as well as improving breath control, through the use of the Accelerated Care Plus “Synchrony” program. The rehabilitation team at Pinnacle Specialty Care provides evaluation and treatments, in collaboration with a patient’s primary physician, for both inpatients as well as outpatient individuals. One condition Pinnacle Specialty Care (and other Care Initiatives location’s in the Cedar Valley) are equipped to help with is dysphagia — a swallowing disorder often times associated with a stroke, brain injury, cancer or a neurological disease. Synchrony Dysphagia Solutions is a specialized dysphagia treatment program supported by leading-edge medical technology and evidence-based protocols, in conjunction with advanced Speech Language Pathologist training. Synchrony Dysphagia Solutions is a safe, non-invasive and medication-free treatment covered by Medicare and other payers. Advanced virtual reality-assisted sEMG biofeedback enables Speech Language Pathologists to evaluate the dynamics of a swallow in “real-time.” Other evidence-based evaluations and treatments at Pinnacle Specialty Care help with pain management, wound management, overall body weakness, joint and orthopedic procedures, soft tissue injuries, arthritis, scar tissue, as well as prevention of falls. Pinnacle has specialized programs for stroke recovery, fall prevention, joint replacement, gait advancement, arthritis functioning, COPD/CHF and respiratory issues, continence
Care Initiatives Director of Marketing therapy wing.
Pinnacle Specialty Care, which opened Sept. 1 in Cedar Falls, provides comprehensive rehabilitation services, comprised of physical therapy, occupational therapy and Speech
MATTHEW PUTNEY, Courier Photo Editor
A look at some of the new therapeutic equipment at the new facility.
Various therapies can be accommodated at the new Pinnacle Specialty Care. management, Parkinson’s Disease programming, and Multiple Sclerosis programming, among many other areas of therapy treatment. Our rehabilitation department and our therapists are patient-centered, collaborating with what the patient wants to
accomplish for a positive quality of life. For information about Pinnacle Specialty Care’s wide array of rehabilitation service options, or to see the Pinnacle therapy wing and speak with one of Pinnacle’s certified therapists, call (319) 268-0489.
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ment, we’re here to help. We create a customized care plan for the individual. Care Initiatives facilities are Medicaid and Medicare certified. 24-hour Skilled Nursing Care Accelerated Care Plus Therapy Equipment Assisted Living Bariatric Accommodations Beauty & Barber Shop Intravenous (IV) Therapy Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Rehab-To-Home Respite Care Speech Therapy Tube Feedings Nursing services Wound Care Management Our quality skilled nursing Veterans Care services can meet almost any health care need. From administering IV treatment to super- Long-term care services vising medication manageCare Initiatives offers longCare Initiatives offers some of the best rehabilitation facilities and services in the state. An average of 68 percent of our residents/patients return home needing no further treatment or care. Accelerated Care Plus Therapy Equipment Bariatric Accommodations Occupational Therapy Outpatient Therapy Physical Therapy Rehab-To-Home Speech Therapy Veterans Care Skilled Nursing Services
term care and a home away from home for Iowans with severe or persistent health care needs. We treat each resident with the dignity and respect they deserve and provide high quality care custom fit to each resident. Memory Care Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Veterans Care
tional care provider, we are uniquely qualified to attend to the hospice needs of patients in the final stages of life. We serve 66 counties in Iowa via our six central locations — Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Greenfield, Albia, Waterloo and
Sioux City. Care Initiatives Hospice is part of the Care Initiatives network of senior care skilled nursing facilities located throughout the state serving more than 3,000 Iowans every year.
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