Independence Health

Senior Wellness

Our wellness program is designed to fit the special needs of our senior guests. As we age our needs physically, mentally, and emotionally will be ever changing.

Our medical staff directed by Dr. Bernard Bennett, a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and board certified in Internal Medical, will assist in coordinating your special medical needs into a program designed to help you maintain your physical fitness. The medical doctor working with the physical therapist will design a wellness program around any medical condition that you may have. The idea is to customize and implement a program based on the patient's individual needs; thereby extending their health and maintaining their independence.

We also know that seniors have other special needs; making and maintaining social contact, spiritual direction and guidance, and cognitive stimulation. We have a team of professionals dedicated to the well being of the senior population. Included on our team is an activities coordinator, who has developed fun activities around a social program that will engage seniors; a chaplain to provide ecumenical services for spiritual support, and a physical therapist to provide a comprehensive program to improve strength and flexibility as well as to assist in the healing process post injury; all medically supervised.

Often seniors who are alone in their homes have periods of depression due to loneliness. Our goal is to provide an atmosphere where they can avoid the isolation from the community and to stimulate them mentally. We have other guests and staff who are like you committed to a zest for life and want to have fun being alive.

If there is a need defined by our senior guest then we will seek to supply a solution. The only way that wellness is achieved is by offering excellence in health care, reinforcing emotional and social needs, and spiritual support when necessary.