Peak Senior Living offers Holistic Therapy and Wellness for Independent, Assisted Living, CCRC and Memory Care Communities.

Functional Pathways, a full-service contract therapy provider since 1995, recently rebranded its senior living division. Functional Pathways Preferred (FPP) was relaunched as PEAK Senior Living to put more focus on its integrated approach to person-centric wellness. PEAK offers outcome-based solutions that engage and empower seniors to enhance social, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one in four older adults report a fall each year. That’s over 3 million falls per year. In 2020, 36,508 adults aged 65 and older died from preventable falls. For many, the fear of having a serious injury that would end their independence is a stress-inducing reality. PEAK’s outcome-based therapy and wellness programs have been shown to reduce falls with major injury by 45%.

PEAK’s programs support the Seven Dimensions of Wellness: Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Social, Spiritual, Environmental, and Occupational. Programs help with balance, cardiovascular functioning, mobility, muscle strength, and even cognition, to reduce the negative impacts of aging. Resident health is consistently supported so they move seamlessly through the continuum of care between leisure, wellness, rehabilitative therapy, home health and back. By giving communities and residents the right tools to stay healthy, active, and engaged at every stage of wellbeing, seniors can age in place gracefully without the fear of becoming injured and having to leave home.

“Our goal is to ensure that residents always have the right therapy or wellness solution at the right time, no matter where they are on their wellness journey, to reduce the risk of hospitalization,” said PEAK Divisional Vice President, Kathryn Wyatt. “We play a pivotal role in helping residents stay healthy and independent for as long as possible.”

One NEW feature of PEAK’s services is the addition of an Active Lifestyles Navigator, or resident health liaison, who regularly assesses each resident for improvement or decline. Regular Fit Tests help determine where residents are on the wellness spectrum, so they can be referred to the right program or therapy. Progress is measured and tracked for improvement or decline.

Turn-key services offer assisted living facilities and senior communities a holistic, systematic approach to improving resident health and independence. PEAK’s therapeutic outcomes have exceeded national averages, with 94% of orthopedic patients meeting therapy goals and 86% of patients treated for back pain seeing improvement. The goal is to meet seniors wherever they are on their personal wellness journey and deliver the right therapy and wellness tools at the right time, so communities can keep residents engaged and thriving in place longer.

PEAK Senior Living is a division of Functional Pathways – a privately owned, national therapy provider, setting the Gold Standard in therapy for over 27 years. For more information about PEAK Senior Living’s Outpatient Therapy and Wellness programs, contact Mark Horn, Area Director of Business Development, 844.690.2330, mhorn@fprehab.com, or visit peaktherapysolutions.com.

These hands: just imagine what they have done over the years and now show signs of aging.

These hands bathed me, dressed me, nursed me, washed, combed, and blew dry my hair. These hands paid bills, packed my lunch, laundered my clothes, and picked me up and held me when I was sad.

These hands took care of her dying mother, cared for her dying father, and now take care of her brother. These hands painted ceramic figurines in the 70s, held a tennis racket, covered me with sunscreen in the dog days of summer so I would not sunburn, held playing cards, bingo daubers, church missalettes, and the Eucharist during communion.

These hands cooked my meals, did the grocery shopping, and held my father’s hand as they walked down the street. These hands packed a tunneling wound, flushed a feeding tube, and gently caressed the painful extremity of a loved one.

These hands used one of the first microwaves, cell phones, and remote-controlled televisions. These hands cared for my daughter and my son, my niece, and my sister.

These hands effectively and efficiently organized medical records for 30+ years. These hands held mine in the darkest days in my life, and these hands prayed every day for everyone she could, but not herself.

These hands now have difficulty holding cups, pens, scissors, laundry basket handles, pot and pan handles, and the vacuum cleaner handle.

These hands have painful joints and a frozen thumb. These hands have crooked fingers, making typing slower and sometimes impossible.

These hands make it difficult to open jars, disposable water bottle caps, pick up small objects, and manage snaps and buttons.

These hands no longer look youthful. She says they look ugly, but I tell her that I think her hands are beautiful. The stories these hands could tell us if they could talk…. THESE hands!

Never underestimate the role an occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant can have on these hands. With their help, these hands can continue to write her story.

These hands…

For more information on what Occupational Therapy can do for your hands, please contact PEAK Senior living via phone (844-690-2330) or email (mhorn@fprehab.com).

Gina Elkins has over 27 years of Post-Acute Care experience not only as a Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant but also as a multi-site rehab operations manager. Gina holds a certification in Health Care Compliance and is an Officer of Healthcare Compliance, Certified. Gina serves as Functional Pathways’ Senior Director of Compliance and Regulatory Strategy, Privacy Officer.

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