Ellicott City healthCare Center opens Spa-themed rehab unit

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Ellicott City healthCare Center opens Spa-themed rehab unit, advance 360, promotes faster healing

(Ellicott City, MD, March 21, 2014) ― Ellicott City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is holding its grand reopening, 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2014 showcasing the facility’s renovations and the addition of an Advance 360 Progressive Rehabilitation Unit.
A member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies, Ellicott City is a skilled nursing center, offering short-term recovery and rehabilitation services.
“The center underwent a full facility renovation that completely changed the internal appearance,” said Ellicott City’s Director of Network Development Jessica Rader. “With the Advance 360 upgrade, the facility looks like a hotel and feels like a spa, which helps promote healing and a faster recovery. In addition to the multi-million dollar renovation, the facility is also adding an inpatient dialysis unit that should be ready to open in April.”
CommuniCare uses top-of-the-line equipment to help patients heal faster and get home quicker. With the grand opening of Ellicott City’s Advance 360 unit, the facility will offer patients outstanding therapy with the help of state-of-the-art rehab technology, including:

  • AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmills – developed at NASA, AlterG’s technology offers precise body weight reduction and comfortable support, allowing seniors to exercise in a fall-safe, comfortable environment and recover from surgery, rehabilitate after an injury, or maintain exercise, while eliminating pain and protecting healing tissue.
  • Korebalance System – a computerized balance and exercise system offering the latest in virtual and interactive technology providing a high-tech way for balance assessment and training.
  • OmniVR – the world’s first virtual rehabilitation system designed specifically for the needs of geriatric patients and more medically complex conditions.
  • Omnicycle Elite Motorized Rehabilitation System – supports expanded therapy services for neurological rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation and cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation.
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The grand opening will be held at 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, at the Ellicott City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3000 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City, MD. For more information about Advance 360, or to register for the grand opening, call Steve Meehan at 410.461.7577, email him at [email protected] or visit communicarehealth.com.

About CommuniCare:
CommuniCare Family of Companies is a privately held, multi-faceted health care management company in operation since 1984. Centers are independently owned and operated as a part of the CommuniCare Family of Companies. Currently, CommuniCare owns and manages numerous world-class nursing and rehabilitation centers, specialty care centers and assisted living communities throughout Maryland, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information, visit communicarehealth.com.

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