Posts by Kris Julian

We understand and appreciate the concerns surrounding the cost of health care and how it gets paid for. At Alpine Health & Rehabilitation, we’ll review with you how the billing and payment process will work prior to your admission. For now, we’ve included a brief overview of the various pay source options available to people…

Nursing-based rehabilitative care Restorative nursing is ordered and overseen by nurses with consultation from therapists. This is different than therapy where therapy professionals provide treatment overseen by physicians. Typically, restorative nursing is needed due to a decline in skills due to chronic disease, disuse or other physiological factors. Goals of restorative nursing include restoring loss…

Alpine Health & Rehabilitation, you’ll notice something very different – something conveyed by the smallest of things, like a hug, a touch and a smile. Whether it’s our nurses, certified nursing assistants or any other staff, we expect that these “little things” become commonplace. We want you to know this is simply a part of…

There has been a continual shift in where certain health care services are provided to consumers. One example is when older individuals are hospitalized for acute medical conditions and orthopedic surgeries. While hospitals remain the entry point into the health care system for many people, skilled nursing facilities, generally referred to as nursing homes, have…