About the Program

The Geriatrics and Extended Care Program at VAMC Salisbury is composed of:

• Extended Care Rehabiliation Center
• Home and Community Based Care 
• Home Based Primary Care
• Care Coordination/Home Telehealth 

Services Offered

Extended Care Rehabilitation Center

ECRC services include:

• Short term rehabilitation (wound care, occupational therapy, kinesiotherapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, skilled nursing)
  Long term skilled nursing, dementia, psychiatric, and maintenance care
• Hospice care
• Respite care
• The goal is to maximize function and independence.

Home and Community Based Care

This consists of a range of programs that promote and manage care in veteran's homes and other community settings.  Services include:

• Fee based skilled nursing and rehabilitation
• Contract Adult Day Health Care
• Community Nursing Home care
• Homemaker/ Home Health Aid
• Non-institutional Respite
• Non-institutional Hospice

Home Based Primary Care

HBPC provides intensive case management to patients with chronic high risk medical conditions who have frequent admissions to acute care or visits to the Emergency Department.  An interdisciplinary team comprised of Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Social Worker, Nutritionist, Clinical Pharmacist, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Psychologist, and physician strive to reduce the need for unplanned medical interventions.

Care Coordination/ Home Telehealth

CC/HT is a means for primary care providers to more closely monitor the progress of patients with chronic disease processes and to assure ongoing patient education about their conditions.  To accomplish this, interactive electronic communication devices are placed in patient's homes and responses or telemetric data are recorded and tracked with outliers reported to the physician.

Other

Geriatrics and Extended Care at the VAMC in Salisbury is pleased to serve as an educational site for students of medicine, pharmacy, psychology, social work, nutrition, recreation therapy and nursing.