Transition Home
A Regional Rehabilitation Center
Equipping adults with skills and abilities to transition home
A Solution to Functional Decline
A trendsetter in adult foster care concepts, Transition Home places a strong emphasis on rehabilitation strategies and techniques that enable its clients to make the transition from dependent living to living independently. Designated a level 3 adult foster home, Transition Home begins where swing bed programs end, effectively bridging the gap between hospital and home.
Life-changing conditions that threaten independent living are not limited to the elderly. People of any age can experience challenging conditions due to illness or injury that interfere with normal activities of daily living. When a decline in function renders a person unable to live independently, there are many care options to consider in regards to the kind of care they’ll receive and who will provide it.
Unlike traditional adult foster homes, Transition Home seeks temporary residents who have the potential to improve in all areas of functional mobility in which they’ve suffered declines. Transition Home offers physical therapy, therapeutic exercises and gait and balance training programs designed to reduce fall risks in adults who may have balance problems due to injury, illness or old age. A Transition Home specialty is introducing residents to innovative adaptive equipment that can make independent living easier to achieve.
Owners Tom and Donna LeBlanc combine 50+ years of rehabilitation and caregiving experience to help bridge the gap between hospital and home. Their goal is to help people with functional mobility problems to sufficiently recover lost skills, enabling them to return to their homes or prior residences.
A physical therapist for 30 years, Tom specializes in rehabilitation therapy to improve mobility and maximize functional levels of patients with balance problems and gait instability. He has created a cutting-edge balance training program he calls Balance School, which is designed to help clients reduce their fall risk, thus improving their odds for a successful return to independent living. Given that hip fractures often result in life-changing -- even life-threatening -- medical conditions, the LeBlancs feel that if they can help their clients reduce fall risks they can help them to prevent serious injuries.
Because the present healthcare environment imposes tight funding restrictions on hospitals, it forces them to reduce the duration of a patient’s stay. The allotted time is rarely sufficient to return patients to their prior level of function. At this point, patients and/or their family members must decide what to do next. Options include family caregiving, nursing homes, convalescent homes, assisted living facilities, rehab centers, adult foster homes and rehabilitative adult foster care facilities.
The care option that’s right for your circumstances depends on availability, accessibility, price, expectations and the patient’s age, condition and recovery potential. Click here to see summaries of the various types of care facilities that are available.
Features and Benefits
The bulleted list below itemizes many of the features you’ll find among the vast array of services and amenities available from Transition Home. Click on each feature to read a brief summary of the corresponding benefits that feature provides.
Features
If we are unable to help you because of capacity limitations or for any other reason, we’re happy to refer you to other care facilities and resources that can provide the care you or a loved one need. On our Resources page, you’ll find links to numerous care facilities and information resources. The goal of this Web site, and of Transition Home, is to help you make informed decisions about the many care options that are available to you.
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