(As published on McKnights Long-Term Care News on September 27, 2022)

Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation CEO Brad Haber discusses why he is championing a “more modern,” clinically complex approach to long-term care. He joins McKnight’s Executive Editor James M. Berklan to discuss the resources, strategies and clinical relationships needed to capitalize on this “sure thing” market.

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Thrive of Lake County’s short-term rehab care for wound care patients consists of an in-house wound care physician, wound care coordinator, internal medicine physician, registered nurse, and licensed therapists who all work together to implement each patient’s personalized care plan. Common conditions include patients with wound vacs, pressure ulcers, neuropathic ulcers, ostomies and those needing wound debridement.

The overall goal of Thrive of Lake County’s wound care program is to decrease pain and infection, provide patients with education on wound care management, and increase ability to participate in activities and personal care. In the following YouTube video, patients needing wound care can learn more about the short-term rehab process in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEbYfC7xmbE.

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation, their short-term rehab care for wound care patients, and skilled nursing facilities near Libertyville—Thrive of Lake County—visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

Ignite Medical Resorts is continuing on its growth path through its most recent partnership with Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation to manage daily operations at three of Thrive’s centers in Illinois.

As of Sept. 1 Ignite will serve as the management provider for Thrive of Fox Valley, Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Lake County.

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Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation, a group of skilled nursing care centers specializing in post-acute care, is partnering with Ignite Medical Resorts to manage daily operations at all three Thrive centers: Thrive of Fox Valley, Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Lake County.

“Hospitals are discharging patients faster than ever,” said Brad Haber, principal and owner of Innovative Health, Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation’s parent company. “Our collaboration with Ignite will increase our clinical capabilities to handle an even higher level of acuity of patients that are leaving the hospital sooner and enhance our employee culture so we can recruit and retain the best of the best staff.”

Ignite Medical Resorts operates 14 Skilled Nursing Facilities across six states with locations in Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and most recently Texas. Starting September 1, 2022, Ignite will serve as the management provider for all Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation locations, bringing a robust offering of services to enhance clinical care and operational capabilities.

“The Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation centers have set the bar extremely high for the short-term rehab experience when compared to the traditional nursing home,” said Tim Fields, CEO and co-founder of Ignite Medical Resorts. “We look forward to working with the Thrive teams to build a culture of amazing staff engagement and recognition and a care model that provides excellent clinical care, therapy outcomes and customer service.”

Operating since 2020, the Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation centers boast unique features including 52,000 square feet of space at each of its centers, state-of-the-art therapy gyms, and private suites with custom beds, personalized medication cabinets, individual bathing suites and in-wall oxygen for patients with pulmonary care needs. Each center offers restaurant-style dining with executive chef-prepared food including brick pizza ovens. Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation’s expert teams of RNs, LPNs and CNAs accommodate a wide range of clinical complexity and in-house therapy teams consisting of PT, PTA, OT, OTA, and SLP certifications with ACP® training.

About Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation
Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation is a beautiful promise that marries personalized health care and hospitality. It’s a place where guests can feel positive, heal faster and get home sooner. Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation uses advanced healthcare methods featuring “personalized care teams” combined with welcoming hospitality that separates them and makes its care the better, smarter choice. Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation has three locations in Illinois: Lisle, Mundelein, and Aurora across from Fox Valley Mall. For more information, visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

About Ignite Medical Resorts
Ignite Medical Resorts operates 14 locations in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Texas. The organization’s model of LuxeRehab™ combines uncompromising luxury and rapid rehabilitation, coupling the amenities and décor of a fine hotel with clinical programming for orthopedics, stroke, cardiac and respiratory care to return guests back home as quickly as possible. Learn more at IgniteMedicalResorts.com.

For care following a hip replacement surgery in the hospital, Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation provides post-surgical care at its Thrive of Lisle location in Lisle, Illinois. Thrive of Lisle is a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) that focuses solely on short-term rehabilitation.

Thrive of Lisle’s short-term rehab care for hip replacement consists of clinical professionals that include an in-house internal medicine physician, registered nurse, physical therapist and occupational therapist who all work together to implement each patient’s personalized care plan.

Hip replacement patients participating in Thrive of Lisle’s short-term rehab care work closely with our in-house therapy team on a number of areas that include gait training, stair climbing, strengthening exercises, and pain and edema management.

The overall goal of Thrive of Lisle’s short-term rehab care program is to improve patients’ functional limitations following a hip replacement surgery. In the following YouTube video, patients undergoing a hip replacement can learn more about the short-term rehab process in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUdtSb7585s.

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation, their short-term rehab care for hip replacement patients, and skilled nursing facilities near Lisle—Thrive of Lisle—visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

For care following a heart attack, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) or other heart-related hospitalization, Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation has a specialty cardiac rehab care program at its Thrive of Lake County location in Mundelein.

Thrive of Lake County’s cardiac rehab care program consists of clinical professionals that include an in-house internal medicine physician, cardiology advanced practice nurse (APN), and registered nurse who all work together to implement each patient’s personalized care plan. This plan consists of cardiac disease management, medication administration/teaching, and managing exacerbations of diagnoses cardiac conditions. Cardiac testing including echocardiograms and EKGs are also available on-site as needed.

Thrive of Lake County’s short-term cardiac rehab care program also provides patients with an in-house physical and occupational therapist who will focus on energy conservation techniques, joint mobility balance and endurance, and establish a home exercise program upon discharge. The therapy team will also conduct a 6-minute walk test upon admission to Thrive of Lake County and throughout the stay to show progress.

The overall goal of Thrive of Lake County’s cardiac rehab care program is to improve patients’ overall wellness and build better habits for the future. In the following video, patients and families can learn to identify the best nursing homes for cardiac rehab care in their local area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUqhroqqPHU

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation, their short-term cardiac rehab care program, and skilled nursing facilities near Libertyville—Thrive of Lake County—visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation offers a robust short-term pulmonary rehab care program at two of its skilled nursing facilities located in Lisle and Aurora: Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley.

Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley’s short-term pulmonary rehab program consists of clinical teams and technology for improving pulmonary endurance and respiratory function. Their teams of professionals have specialized skills and work closely together to develop and implement each patient’s pulmonary rehab care plan. Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley’s clinical team members include in-house physical and occupational therapists, respiratory therapist, internal medicine physician, nurse practitioner, pulmonary nurse practitioner, registered nurse (RN), psychologist and registered dietitian.

Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley’s short-term pulmonary rehab care program treats patients facing pulmonary conditions such as COPD, asthma, emphysema, chronic Bronchitis, pneumonia, and post COVID-19 syndrome.

Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley’s short-term pulmonary rehab program also incorporates the latest in therapy technology like the OmniFlow™ and LiteGait©. OmniFlow, developed by Accelerated Care Plus, is a breathing therapy biofeedback system that conducts exercises using visual feedback in a virtual experience. In the following video, a Thrive rehab guest demonstrates the OmniFlow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpHZR9hWaE. The LiteGait is another therapy technology that helps patients with weight bearing restrictions maintain constant support while working on gait therapy exercises.

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation and their short-term pulmonary rehab care program and skilled nursing facilities near Naperville—Thrive of Lisle and Thrive of Fox Valley—visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

Thrive of Lake County’s memory care program is considered the gold-standard in memory care rehab facilities near the Libertyville.

When it comes to finding a quality memory care rehab facility near Libertyville, Thrive of Lake County in Mundelein serves as a prime example.

When a loved one is suffering from advancing stages of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementias, it can require more care than family members can provide. Thus, there are memory care rehab facilities near the Libertyville area like Thrive of Lake County, where professionally trained staff and proven programs benefit both residents, short-term rehab patients and their families.

Thrive of Lake County is only one of 21 memory care rehab facilities near the Libertyville area that is Joint Commission accredited out of the nearly 9,000 listed memory care facilities in the entire state of Illinois. Thrive of Lake County specializes in both short-term and long-term care for memory care that includes caring for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.

Thrive of Lake County’s memory care program is considered the gold-standard in memory care rehab facilities near the Libertyville area for a number of reasons. First, every resident undergoes a series of cognitive assessments upon admission given by Thrive of Lake County therapists to determine where they are in the disease process and to evaluate balance and mobility for safety. Second, Thrive of Lake County crew members conduct in-depth family interviews and collect family photos. In addition, they gather as many facts about residents as possible to create a special LifeBio, which gives crew members enough information to help them relate to their residents’ pasts since many residents do not function in the present.

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation and their memory care rehab facility near the Libertyville area, Thrive of Lake County, visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

Thrive of Fox Valley Receives Five-Star CMS Quality Provider Rating

Located at 4020 East New York Street, Thrive of Fox Valley, a nursing home in Aurora specializing in post-acute personalized medical rehabilitation, has earned its first Five-Star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality care. The rating plays a helpful role in assisting patients and their families in identifying providers for post-acute care.

Five Star nursing homes in Aurora are considered to have a level of quality that is much above average. The overall Five-Star rating is based on health inspections, staffing models and quality measure ratings. Thrive of Lisle’s Five-Star rating will also be displayed on CMS’s Care Compare website on or around May 1, 2022.

“This rating eases the process for families in choosing a provider for short-term rehab and now we can further show why Thrive of Fox Valley is the best choice,” said Brad Haber, principal and owner of Innovative Health, Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation’s operating company.

Operating since November of 2020, Thrive of Fox Valley, a Five Star nursing home in Aurora, boasts unique features including 52,000 square feet of space, a state-of-the-art therapy gym, and 60 private suites featuring custom beds, personal safes and refrigerators. Thrive of Fox Valley’s expert teams of RNs, LPNs and CNAs accommodate a wide range of clinical complexity and in-house therapy teams consisting of PT, PTA, OT, OTA, and SLP certifications with ACP® training.

“Opening a new building has its own challenges let alone in the midst of a global pandemic,” says Michelle Stuercke, Chief Clinical Officer for Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation. “Our Five-Star rating is a direct result of the hard work and dedication of the Thrive of Fox Valley staff this past year and a half.”

A five star nursing home in Aurora, Thrive of Fox Valley has an average length of stay between two to three weeks with the goal of providing an efficient length of stay that helps guests return home. Within 48 hours of admission, guests also receive established discharged dates.

About Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation

Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation is a chain of skilled nursing care centers that are at the forefront of helping patients recover sooner. Our advanced healthcare method using “personalized care teams” combined with welcoming hospitality separates us and makes Thrive the better, smarter choice. Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation has three locations in Illinois: Lisle, Mundelein, and Aurora across from Fox Valley Mall. For more information, visit www.ThriveAhead.com.

Thrive of Lake County, located in Mundelein, is a nursing home near Libertyville that focuses on both short-term and long-term post-acute care. Blending both healthcare and hospitality, Thrive of Lake County differs greatly from typical nursing homes as they offer patients a comfortable rehab environment where you can recover sooner rather than later.

As you search for the best nursing homes in Libertyville, it’s important to find facilities that focus on both clinical care and guest experience. Our Thrive of Lake County location offers 24-hour nursing care in the comfort of a private suite, 60 suites in total for short-term rehab. They also have specialty oversight for guests that include physicians and nurse practitioners offering cardiac care, pulmonary care, wound care, physiatry and much more.

Selecting the best nursing home in Libertyville also should include looking at a particular facility’s approach to goals of care. At Thrive of Lake County, an average length of stay for guests is between two to three weeks. Within 48 hours of admission, guests also receive established discharged dates so they have a clear idea of when they are going home.

For more information on Thrive Personalized Medical Rehabilitation and their locations in Mundelein, Lisle and Aurora in the Chicagoland area, visit www.ThriveAhead.com.