The document discusses various options for post-surgery recovery including physical rehabilitation facilities, emotional care services, and home care specialists in New Jersey. It provides details on several specific facilities and services, describing amenities and specialized programs. It also gives recommendations for staying active and entertained during recovery, such as through Netflix, books, puzzles, or learning a new skill. Nutrition tips emphasize eating whole grains, proteins, fruits and vegetables to aid healing.

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The Path to Recovery:
(Post Surgery Recovery Plan)
The journey’s almost over. Your
pre-surgery preparations made
an impact in giving you a health-ier
and easier experience during
surgery. But the path to recovery
isn’t just what happens before the
big day; any post-surgery missteps
can make a difference in how long
it takes you to heal. Everyone has
different types of surgeries, not to
mention body types, physicians and
medical histories, but the com-mon
factor everyone can agree on
is choosing the right environment
after leaving the hospital. Whether
it’s a physical-rehabilitation facility,
a space for emotional care or even a
highly-qualified nurse to visit you
at home, these local New Jersey ser-vices
will make you feel like you’ve
come full-circle in improving
your health.
Physical Rehabilitation
The Jerry and Dolores Turco Medical
Rehab Center (JDT Rehab), Lincoln
Park, NJ, www.resortrehab.com
Paradise. It’s a word we rarely as-sociate
with physical therapy, and
yet, it exists at the JDT Rehab. With
its breathtaking outdoor rooftop
English garden for meditation, you
might confuse this time off with
vacation. Amenities go further than
spacious suites with rollout balco-nies:
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JDT is one of the only subacute
facilities in New Jersey with an
upper extremity stroke robot, a tool
designed by engineers at MIT. Stud-ies
found that using this machine
showed a 50 percent greater return
of feeling in the upper extremity.
Windsor Health Care, NJ,
www.windsorhealthcare.org
Windsor Healthcare’s approach on
person-centered care—a system
that empowers residents to create
a care program tailored to their
preferences—has made for a higher
quality of life for residents. As a
result, three of their nine communi-ties
(in Scotch Plains, East Orange,
Cedar Grove, Wayne, Union, Green
Brook, South Amboy, and Princeton)
were included in U.S. News & World
Report’s 2014 ‘Best Nursing Homes’
in New Jersey.
Oak Ridge Rehab and Nursing,
Wayne, NJ, www.reveraoakridge.com
Bridge the hospital-to-home gap
at Oak Ridge Rehab and Nursing.
With Oak Ridge’s new STAR pro-gram
(“Specialized Therapy and
Rehabilitation”) expect an intensive,
personalized therapy regimen that
is patient-centered and service-ori-ented.
The aim of the STAR program
is not only to get you back on your
feet, but also to make you feel as
comfortable and cared for as pos-sible
during your stay.
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Emotional Care
Center for Revitalizing Psychiatry,
PC, Hackensack, NJ, www.psychia-tristshackensack.
com
Serving the community since 2003,
the Center for Revitalizing Psychia-try
in Hackensack, NJ has helped
more than 12,000 patients improve
their quality of life. Offering mul-tiple
treatments under one roof,
including therapy for anxiety, post
traumatic disorder and bi-polar dis-order,
this personalized treatment
is used to examine the causes of
the disorder, analyze the emotions
associated with it, and reveal how
a person can change the resulting
negative thoughts and behaviors.
Here, knowledge is power.
Gen Psych www.genpsych.com
Gen Psych has found its home in
many areas in New Jersey—Livings-ton,
Brick, Bridgewater, Lawrencev-ille
and Hamilton—in an effort to
restore the mental and physical
health of their patients. By providing
convenient and effective psychologi-cal
services and support, from eating
disorder counseling to military pro-grams,
they’ve created an open space
for both adults and children alike.
Participants of the programs have op-portunities
to attend art, educational
and relaxation groups.
Integrative Therapy Institute
(ITI-NJ), Upper Montclair and
Metuchen, NJ, www.integrative
therapyinstitute-nj.com
Founded in 2010 by clinical psychol-ogists,
Dr. Thomas Blake Hollenbach
and Dr. Edward Callaghan, ITI-NJ
has taken over Upper Montclair
and Metuchen with its evolutionary
style of psychology, incorporated
in individual marriage and couples
counseling, parent counseling, and
a rare treatment for dyscalculia,
otherwise known as math phobia.
Need some quiet time? ITI-NJ offers
meditation therapy, where partici-pants
can settle down and experi-ence
awareness at its deepest level.
Top Home Care
Specialists
Care Focus Companion Services,
Morristown, NJ (and Manasquan),
www.carefocuscompanion.com
Transitioning from a reliable medi-cal
facility to home-based care—
essentially trusting that your loved
ones are getting the attention and
care they need—isn’t an easy feat. But

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twenty years of healthcare experience,
a sense of relief is found knowing
they’re in good hands. With 24-hour
services, including all holidays and
weekends, in-home care providers are
available on an as-needed basis, with
no minimum time constraints.
Best Home Care, Jersey City, NJ,
www.besthomecarenj.com
The name may say it all, but it’s the
impressive menu of home health
aide services available that makes
this agency the best. From meal
planning and preparation and daily
grooming assistance, to providing
emotional support and medication
reminders, the residents of Essex,
Bergen, Hudson, Union, Passaic,
Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Hunter-don,
Middlesex and Mercer can rest
knowing their loved ones
are safe in their own home.
Expert Home Care, Inc.,
www.experthomecare.com
Expert Home Care, Inc.,
prides itself on its successful
placement process: pre-screening
and matching a
caregiver’s skill level with
the specific needs of the cli-ent.
The agency ensures that
nurses are not only carefully
tested and bonded, but are
also required to pass crimi-nal
background checks and
undergo competency evalua-tions.
To solidify this suc-cess,
their 48-hour program
guarantees that if you’re
unhappy with the service
after two days, your care is
absolutely free.
What to Do During
Recovery Time?
1) Binge on Netflix original series
Orange is the New Black, House of
Cards, or browse categories like
the classic or cult movies. www.
netflix.com
2) Go on an adventure with these
famous and time-consuming book
series: Game of Thrones, Lord of the
Rings, or Hunger Games.
3) Watch makeup and hair tutorial
videos to improve your skills while
relaxing in bed. Example: Check
out Michelle Phan, spokesperson
for Lancome’s, Youtube page. www.
youtube.com/user/MichellePhan.
4) Get a book of Sudoku puzzles.
5) Exercise your mind by doing the
entire New York Times crossword
puzzle.
6) Connect with an old friend you
lost touch with using Skype or
Facebook.
7) Make a photo album from scratch
or create one on customize photo
album websites such as Shutterfly.
www.shutterfly.com
8) Become mobile again by walking
on the treadmill or wear a pedom-eter
to reach your recommended
10,000 steps a day.
9) Plan your next extravagant vaca-tion
by checking out curated hotels
on www.HudsonMOD.com.
10) Learn to play an instrument
such as the harmonica, ukelele, or
guitar.

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Super Foods (Nutrition)
Complex Carbohydrates Emphasis
on complex carbohydrates over
refined carbohydrates. Why? The
Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer
Research Center recommends doing
so because refined carbs can lower
your energy levels and contribute
to tiredness while you recover.
Examples of nutritious whole grain
foods include 100 percent whole
grain breads, long-grain brown rice,
wild rice, barley soup, old-fashioned
oatmeal and air-popped popcorn.
Proteins Protein-rich food provides
amino acids which helps defend the
body from infections and diseases.
By including foods like chicken, fish
and egg whites in your daily meals,
you’re helping repair and rebuild
your body faster. Not a fan of those
three? Try nibbling on walnuts,
almonds, sunflower seeds, peas
and lentils.
Whole Foods What else can you eat?
Whole foods like oranges and apples
are better than processed food.
Other research suggests eating
berries, kiwi, mangos, papaya, and
cantaloupe. For salads, mix in leafy
greens, broccoli, brussels sprouts
and tomatoes. Make sure to include
a side of either sweet potatoes or
baked potatoes for dinner.
Hydration Why should you stay
hydrated post surgery? Research
shows that eight to 10 glasses of
water a day could significantly ease
back and joint pain for up to 80 per-cent
of people. Lemon Tea also helps
flush out the effects of anesthesia
and pain medications, which stay in
your body for long periods of time.
Even better, drinking it decreases
your pain and discomfort. You’ll feel
more relaxed in no time with this
recipe: it contains no actual tea, just
water, squeezed sliced lemon and a
natural sweetener of your choice.