RALEIGH, NC—Legacy Healthcare Services, a national therapy and wellness services provider, announced today the addition of Stacy Parker as Vice President of Operations, West. With more than 28 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Parker has dedicated much of her career to serving the senior population. She will oversee the day-to-day operations of the…
Working in senior care, especially in an assisted living environment, we are acutely aware of the risk for falls. Knowing that one in every four older adults will fall each year, fall reduction and prevention needs to stay “top of mind.” Unfortunately, many older adults do not receive the follow up care needed after a…
RALEIGH, NC—Legacy Healthcare Services, a national therapy and wellness services provider, announced today the promotion of Joette Springle to Vice President of Client Success and Marketing. Springle joined Legacy in 2017 and has over 20 years of competitive healthcare business management success along with her outstanding leadership skills. She has fostered a productive work environment and…
About eight months ago, I began having some slight pain in my heel after my daily three-mile walk. I put some ice on it and tried to push through, however the pain kept getting worse. After a few months of this pain, it became so debilitating that it was impacting my ability to have the…
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and what a fantastic time to celebrate a great profession. Communication and swallowing interventions are integral to therapy services for senior populations. We provide diagnosis and treatment for speech, language, cognition, and voice to ensure a person can communicate effectively and as independently as possible. Additionally, with dysphagia…
Occupational therapy is one of the services we provide to the senior living communities we happily serve across the United States. Our occupational therapists work to help seniors recover or maintain the skills needed to remain as independent as possible in their daily life. Occupational therapy focuses on a wide variety of skills that seniors…
At Legacy Healthcare Services, we utilize evidence-based clinical care to transform the lives of residents and empower them to live a life full of purpose, safety, and dignity. We work to improve the health of senior adults so they may live life the way they want to. Physical therapy is designed to re-educate muscles. Our…
The Emotional Cost of Falls
At Legacy Healthcare Services, we utilize evidence-based clinical care to transform the lives of residents and empower them to live a life full of purpose, safety, and dignity. Communication is key! Speech therapy allows a person to maintain effective communication and maintain safety in a variety of situations. Our speech therapists (also known as speech-language…
I was recently talking with an older gentleman at my church discussing our various hobbies, but as he began to talk about his love of tennis, his face sort of dropped. “Damn arthritis,” he said. “Just can’t do what I used to on the court.” He was specifically referring to osteoarthritis of his knee. While…
