Press Release

Laurel Square Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, formerly Marwood Rest Home, is now under the management of Nationwide Healthcare Services

For Immediate Press Release July 1, 2016. Laurel Square Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, formerly Marwood Rest Home, is now under the management of Nationwide Healthcare Services, a progressive and innovative Healthcare Management Company operating Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The 87-bed facility, located on Oak Lane Avenue in Philadelphia, is now poised

Nationwide Healthcare Services launches “Garden to Table” program at Brookside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

With the help of business owner David Green of Primex Garden Center, Garden to Table will promote recovery, sensory stimulation and endurance training for patients. Abington, Pa. — This spring, Nationwide’s Brookside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center will launch a new horticultural program for residents. The program, which is open to residents of all ability levels,

Nursing homes jumping into rehab biz with assist from Obamacare

By Ryan Briggs As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act enters its third year, hospitals are still working out how to deal with regulations designed to curb skyrocketing health care costs. In suburban Philadelphia, the changes are drawing nursing homes and other outpatient facilities into the business of high-tech rehabilitation. The health law offers

Benefits of the ZeroG System

The ZeroG Balance and Gait Training System by Aretech, and the benefits it delivers, are now available in Abington, PA, at Brookside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. ZeroG is a robotic, body-weight support system mounted on an overhead track which provides dynamic body-weight support and fall protection, while also monitoring the individual patient’s movements from above.

Philadelphia Nursing Home Administrator Chosen For 2015 Pa Health Care Association ‘Hero Award’

PHILADELPHIA — Carmella Kane, administrator at Renaissance Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, PA, has been honored with a statewide award for the positive impact she has on the lives of facility residents, their families and her colleagues. Kane, a resident of Lansdowne, Pa., is among eight individuals selected for the Pennsylvania Health Care Association

Brookside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center completes $1.9 Million Transformation with State-of-the-Art Rehabilitation Facilities to promote more rapid recovery for post-acute care needs in Montgomery County, Pa.

Abington, Pa. — Brookside Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has completed the first phase of a $1.9 million transformation of its rehabilitation facilities with the installation of the ZeroG Training System by Aretech. This cutting-edge technology is designed to speed recovery by allowing residents to practice walking and balance therapy safely and independently. The ZeroG innovation

Nationwide Health Care Responding to Transformation of Skilled Nursing Industry in the Era of the Affordable Care Act

As the Affordable Care Act is implemented across the American health care system, it is prompting a major restructuring in the landscape of skilled nursing care. As part of a Medicare pilot program, many hospitals are now partnering with skilled nursing facilities to implement a new reimbursement system based on what are known as “bundled