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Comprehensive Rehabilitation
Blue Valley Lutheran Homes provides a complete spectrum of rehabilitation services to meet each resident’s needs. On-site physical, occupational, and speech therapists in combination with professional restorative nursing provides residents with a rehab environment 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We at Blue Valley have partnered with Infinity Rehab to provide residents with on-site rehabilitation therapy services. Infinity Rehab shares our passion for successful patient outcomes, providing high quality therapy services, and utilizing advanced technologies and best-practices. The Rehab Difference Quality – Blue Valley provides the highest-quality, comprehensive rehabilitation services. We provide interdisciplinary care for a broad scope of practice, professional restorative nursing programs, and outcome-based treatment programs. Therapists are also educated in coverage and reimbursement. Education – All therapists attend professional education courses each year to ensure they are bringing current treatment approaches to treat each resident. The Physical Therapy staff specializes in neurological and musculo-skeletal diagnoses, gait analysis and fall-risk assessment. The Occupational Therapy staff specializes in helping residents with Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Testing. The Speech Therapy staff are knowledgeable about diagnoses commonly found in the geriatric population and work with residents who have difficulty swallowing, language and swallowing disorders and cognitive difficulties. Accountability – Blue Valley is committed to monitoring outcomes. Now more than ever, we value tracking and trending costs, interventions and functional benefits. The information we gain directs us in continuous quality improvement.
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Becoming a partner with Blue Valley Lutheran Homes allows us to continue to provide the highest quality nursing care to our residents, who are elderly, disabled or suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly all of our corporate funds are dedicated to caring for our residents, therefore, we rely on donations, memorials, grants and planned gifts to provide for renovation, beautification, capital projects, debt retirement and material goods to enhance our residents’ experience and improve quality of life. Your gift greatly impacts the lives of the residents we serve! Because it is a non-profit facility, a serving arm of the Nebraska ELCA Synod, and has 17 “supporting” churches, Blue Valley Lutheran Homes is often misunderstood when it comes to the way it generates funds. It does not receive any special financial aid because of any of these features. Daily expenses are covered by our operations fund, which is essentially the money we receive from Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and rent paid by residents and their families. Daily expenses include the items and services provided to provide residents with the care and comfort that BVLH strives to make the hallmark of its facilities. However, when one of the buildings is looking to provide an “extra” for its residents or staff (such as a Wii gaming system for the activity room or an updated therapy machine for the rehabilitation room), the Foundation is called to action. The Foundation Board hosts several smaller events through the year, plus its annual golf tournament in August in order to