Director Concierge/Assistant Administrator: Dimitry Schwartz
Patient’s Age: 69-years-old
Initial Admission Date: 6/7/2021
Admitted From: Long Island Community Hospital
Discharge Date: 7/20/2021
Reason for Stay: COVID-19 Rehab, End-stage renal disease secondary from complications of COVID, Hypertension. 

Details of Experience:
Adrienne was diagnosed with COVID19 in November of 2020. Unfortunately, her health declined quickly, which led to her hospitalization. She was placed on a ventilator and received artificial nutrition and hydration via percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG tube). Adrienne’s case is an example of how severe COVID19 can be. She has been placed on dialysis, as well, as COVID damaged her kidneys. Despite all of these challenges, Adrienne maintained a positive spirit and was determined to recover. After she was ready to receive subacute care, Adrienne chose Hamlet Rehab because of all the positive reviews she had heard.

Upon arrival, he was greeted by Hamlet’s fantastic interdisciplinary team, including nursing, reception, and other team members. Adrienne was weak and required extensive rehabilitation to help her regain the ability to ambulate safely, perform bed mobility, getting up, overall coordination, and range of motion. Adrienne was always having difficulty performing activities of daily living such as self-bathing, grooming, toileting, and dressing. The fantastic Rehabilitation team at Hamlet was up to the challenge. The physical and occupational therapists worked extensively with Adrienne. In 6 weeks, the team was able to achieve outstanding results. Adrienne was able to regain her independence with daily activities, as well as walking. Adrienne also mentioned that it was the ability to connect with her husband daily that got her through many tough days. The hamlet team ensured that Adrienne could see her husband through personal and virtual visits as many times as possible. 

The Hamlet team recently connected with Adrienne. She was happy to say that she is continuing to improve and maintain a positive perspective. Our team was thrilled and honored to help you, Adrienne!

Director Concierge/Assistant Administrator: Dimitry Schwartz
Patient’s Age: 45-years-old
Initial Admission Date: 4/9/21
Admitted From: St. Francis Hospital
Discharge Date: 5/14/2021
Reason for Stay: Cervicalgia, history of spinal disc herniations, generalized weakness, falls at home

Details of Experience:
George’s issues began when he was playing college basketball. He had experienced a lumbar disc herniation, which required surgical intervention. Shortly after that, the disc below required surgery, as well. Since then, he has had problems with his lower back and experienced more herniations that led to cervical spine surgery.  About three weeks before his hospitalization, he fell while walking down the stairs and fell on his back. Since then, he has had progressive weakness and numbness on this right side. That is when he decided to check himself into St. Francis Hospital. The medical team at the hospital recommended that George would benefit from short-term rehabilitation. On April 9, George came to the Hamlet for physical and occupational therapeutic rehabilitation.  

Upon arrival, he was greeted by Hamlet’s fantastic interdisciplinary team, including social work, nursing, and reception.  George has shared that he had years of back problems, including spinal fusion surgeries and spinal disc herniations that caused lower body weakness. He had been troubled by these issues for over 20 years.  The Hamlet rehab team wasted no time and got to work with George.  Occupational therapy set goals to improve upper and lower body mobility when bathing, improve mobility when providing self-hygiene and grooming, improve lower body dressing, improve toilet transfers.  All of these functions were significantly improved from the need for moderate assistance to standby assistance.  Physical therapy had also set very exciting goals.  They improved Mr. Cahill’s ambulation abilities, bed mobility, functional transfers, stabilized gait patterns.  Overall, George improved significantly and was excited to return home with improved independence. During his leisure time, when he was not doing rehab, he enjoyed chatting with the staff, watching TV, sports betting on his phone, and watching his favorite shows. 

Hamlet would like to thank George for choosing the rehabilitation journey with us.  We wish you health and happiness.

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Following Blood Flow to Legs

Director Concierge/Assistant Administrator: Dimitry Schwartz
Case Study: Jesse Giambrone
Patient’s Age: 73-years-old
Initial Admission Date: 2/26/21
Admitted From: St Catherine of Siena Medical Center
Discharge Date: 3/22/2021
Reason for Stay: Limb Ischemia, Left-Mid Posterior Tibial Artery Bypass

Details of Experience:
On February 22nd, 2021, Jesse was experiencing numbness and cramps in his left leg, which caused difficulty walking. Jesse went to the hospital to figure out what was causing these issues. After a medical assessment, the doctor determined that the weakness was likely related to poor blood circulation and recommended an operation to improve blood flow in the left leg area. After the successful surgery, the medical team at the hospital suggested that Jesse follows up with short-term rehab to maximize recovery. With the assistance of the hospital social worker and his family, Jesse chose to come to The Hamlet.

Upon admission to Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Jesse was welcomed by our fantastic receptionist and nursing team. Shortly after, the rest of the interdisciplinary team was acquainted with Jesse. The day following his admission, Jesse was evaluated by physical therapy. During the initial assessment, Jesse presented with weakness in his leg and decreased mobility. He required moderate assistance to roll side to side in his bed when needing to move around. He also required considerable assistance to roll over from prone position to supine, sitting up from laying down, and standing up. While standing, he needed total assistance with pivoting and car transfers. He was not able to ambulate. During his stay, the rehab team worked diligently with Jesse using graded therapeutic exercises, open and closed chain kinetics, hip abduction exercises with graded resistance.

After nearly a month of therapy, Jesse progressed nicely. He no longer required assistance to roll from front to back while in bed. He could get up and lay down in bed independently, do car transfers with just contact guard assistance, ambulate 20 feet, and go up and down two stairs (and increase from 0). Overall, Jesse regained considerable strength back in his legs and returned to a similar independence level before his hospitalization.

While Jesse was not in therapy, he would enjoy leisure activities like watching TV and using his phone. Jesse said that he enjoyed his rehab process very much and was thankful for the Hamlet team for getting him back on his feet.

Thank you for choosing The Hamlet!

Patient’s Age: 94-years-old
Admission Date: 12/06/2019
Admitted From: Stony Brook University Hospital
Discharge Date: 01/16/2020
Discharged To: Home
Length of Stay: 42 Days
Reason for Stay: Sepsis, fracture of left femur, urinary tract infection, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and difficulty in walking.

Details of Experience:
Ann is a 94-year-old female who had sepsis and a urinary tract infection and fell out of her wheelchair at home. She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for a fracture of her left femur, sepsis, urinary tract infection, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and difficulty in walking.

Ann was welcomed to The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center at Nesconset, and shortly after admission was greeted by her nurses, aides and highly-trained occupational and physical therapists who evaluated her. At that time it was determined that Ann would need to work on compensatory strategies, positioning maneuvers, proper body mechanics, safety sequencing and safe transfer techniques to decrease fall risks. Ann was unable to ambulate or climb any steps and would need maximum assistance with all activities of daily living.

Ann required skilled physical and occupational therapy services in order to return to her prior level of function. She participated in therapy six days a week consistently practicing self-care training, functional activities, and education on energy conservation techniques. Ann made great progress toward her short and long term goals. After less than four weeks, Ann was able to ambulate 50 feet and ascend/descend 4 steps.

A therapist at The Hamlet, who knew Ann from another rehabilitation center where she was a patient for approximately four months, told his co-workers she never walked while she was there. At The Hamlet Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Ann had really made amazing progress and was elated to finally walk again.

Our Director of Concierge Services met with Ann nearing her discharge to see how her overall stay was at The Hamlet. She shared, “I would recommend this place to anybody. I am walking and standing after several years of being in my wheelchair. I hate to go home, but I am happy to go home. I have no complaints. I am very satisfied. Don’t change a thing.”

Team Hamlet was inspired by Ann’s positive outlook and her will to walk again. Congratulations to getting back home with your son and resuming your regular routine.