The Centers at St. Camillus
St. Camillus is a not-for-profit healthcare facility featuring comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services including subacute and brain injury rehabilitation programs; continuing care; outpatient rehabilitation, home healthcare; medical transport and a variety of other support services. Located in the Westvale area of Syracuse, New York, the integrated teams of healthcare professionals at St. Camillus are dedicated to caring for life.
Therapeutic
RecreationTherapeutic recreation, also called Recreation Therapy, is an integral part of the interdisciplinary team. The focus is on the recreation and leisure needs of each patient. Recreation Therapy addresses these needs by providing treatment, leisure education and recreation participation.
Treatment: The goal is to improve functional skills that limit participation in leisure and recreation interests. Recreation activities are used as the tools to achieve these goals. Functional areas addressed may include cognitive, physical, social and/or emotional skills. The Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist works with the interdisciplinary team to carry over goals being worked on in all treatment areas.
Leisure Education: The goal is for patient’s to acquire leisure related skills, and knowledge, that will aid in their return to a meaningful lifestyle. To prepare for these changes, the following issues are addressed: awareness of leisure needs and attitudes, leisure resources, modifications to previous recreation and leisure interests and learning new activity skills.
Recreation Participation: The goal is for patients to engage in organized, enjoyable recreation activity. These activities may be in the form of solitary or one on one activities, small groups, large groups and/or community outings. All patients practice new skills in a comfortable, non-threatening environment. This also provides an opportunity to meet other patients with similar interests and challenges.
E-mail: info@st-camillus.org