Hartsfield Village

Title: Hartsfield Village with Kathleen Edwards
Time: 8 min 20 sec

Description:

Hartsfield Village's Director of Rehabilitation, Gaston Cordova, DPT sits down with Kathleen Edwards to talk about her rehab experience. To learn more about the rehabilitation services at Hartsfield Village visit

Transcript:

hi my name is gasps del Cordova and I'm the director of rehab at Hartsfield village today is a very special day because we were welcoming back a few patients who had gone through some therapy and recovery with us which I consider our hartsville family kid welcome thank you so much for coming it's my such as so happy you're here with us today I know many of us who saw you coming today we're so happy to see you again I like first are often asked about what had brought you to hartsfield well actually with ron was an accident i was driving my bike in my neighborhood and i was hit by a motorcycle as a result of then just went up to price hospital and they did surgery on life I just got everything my back my ankle my pelvis my shoulder those are the things that you care and then there were other fractures of grace yes yes and I know when we first met you I know we wanted to do everything we can to for once to make you feel a little better but then even do everything we can to help you get back to the things that need matter most to you in life so with that attended like to ask about when you think back about your time and your experience here you reflect what are some of the things that you think about most or remember about your time with us well I mean is an awful Thanks if I was so very happy with my experience here when I first came my first day I was totally mobile and my first challenge with the therapist was actually to be able to sit on the side of my bed for minutes so the task at hand was really daunting and the thing that I remember the most is not only was it a pleasant atmosphere to be in but everyone around me everyone was so very positive and you know I'm a positive person myself I think but when we were in that kind of a situation when used to being very active and all of a sudden you can't move on your own to have people reinforce all the time that you're doing good that you're improving is beyond words how very encouraging that is well thank you for the very kind and heartfelt words because when I do think back about when I think about my experience with you and your recovery I do always think about how just inspirational you were to all of us even all of us who were helping you and I think many people felt that and I know they did I believe I mentioned that in our graduation ceremony when you walked across our therapy gym I would play the music and share with the group how truly inspirational you are and it's a blessing for us to to know me heal so speaking of the the thoughts and an experience of rehab with every type of situation a patient has goals that they typically want to get back to no matter at what stage in the recovery one thing in rehab we tend to focus on goals because that's what drives us and drives the patient forward towards a better quality and if you think about the goals that you were processing and wanted to achieve do you feel the heart school team not only the rehab team but even love the care team nurses CNA everybody involved do you feel they were an integral part of you reaching some of your gold is not many of them I know they were an integral part I mean there's no doubt about it I could do nothing for myself the nursing staff had to actually have a couple people just turn me to get me in or out or move me in bed and I guess from a nursing standpoint and from an occupational therapist standpoint my goal was that I could get back to doing things on my own and hopefully that I could do that before I left this facility and we did reach these goals I could and I know it sounds trite but I could feed myself I could dress myself and I could shower myself and all those things i everybody takes for granted things like that but when you're in the position that I was put into all those are decent ative innings seem to be insurmountable goals but with the positive the help of the staff nursing staff the aids the person who did my laundry and some of my room every single one of them i have to tell you every single day always had something cheerful to say to me and encouraging so it didn't start with just your professional people everyone was helpful and i know you might not think that someone saying oh my you're doing much better today means a lot but when you're my client position where i was it meant the world to me and it just kept pumping up my own positive attitude that everybody was giving me all this feedback lastly I'd like to ask about anything you'd like to share with friends loved ones a family member if they were needing to go through a similar experience or meeting some rehab and recovery what would you like to share with them well I think this definitely share that hartsfield is an excellent the so ledee we researched before I came here my family research the different facilities in the area my daughter is a physical therapist she looked at protocol that you were going to vote for me in comparison to the other facilities in the area and she was very comfortable what happened here and then again reaching goals one of my goals was to be able to walk out of this facility and with the physical therapists and occupational therapist I was able to do that so I would definitely recommend coming here for any number of reasons because it's a very professional efficient positive environment and as you can see from just round it's actually very lovely environment that also helps you recover because nothing's drabber dreary it just makes you feel good just to be here it's a homey atmosphere and that's where I think it helps you achieve your goals if you can feel comfortable and believe it or not I did I felt very much at home here and very comfortable and and that was primarily because of all the care that I received from the therapist and from the nursing staff and all the other staff here at the facility so i would very definitely recommend come here i don't think you can find a better facility to achieve the goals you need to whether it's knee replacements or whether you're in an accident like I was and there was everything to be done so my recommendation would be you'd be very well advised to come here thank you so much again kid thank you for being here thank you for your kind words and I know we all love you to intervene in kind words are well deserved thank you so much