Award winning restorative nursing program helps residents achieve greater independence

Our mission at Laguna Honda is to provide a compassionate, individualized approach to rehabilitation and long term care. A team of nurses, doctors, social workers and therapists consults with each resident and their loved ones to create a comprehensive plan to ensure the most positive outcome possible. One of the many options available to assist in rehabilitation is our award-winning restorative nursing program.

The daily lives of nearly 90% of residents are improved through our interdisciplinary approach to restorative care. Our goal is to enable people to achieve their highest level of independence whether they are learning to negotiate city streets with a wheelchair or relearning after a traumatic injury how to lift a glass of water and drink.

With a tailor-made program that takes into account specific needs and preferences, personal goals and likes and dislikes, each resident in the restorative program works with a specially trained staff member in any number of 11 target areas. Some may work on medication management while others concentrate on range of motion or walking. We also supply techniques for residents who have completed their therapy at Laguna Honda to continue to become more self-sufficient.

In 2007 the restorative care program was honored with a prestigious Best Practices Award by the California Hospital Association . We earned this distinguished tribute for achieving astounding success by steadily increasing the number of residents we serve, expanding the variety of programs we offer and by demonstrating greater measurable success.

The designer of our restorative therapy program, Jill Le Count, RN, says, “Our certified nursing assistants must be specialists in restorative care. It is very important to us that residents here receive hands-on therapy that helps them to thrive.”

Everyone on the restorative nursing team is excited about enhancements the new Laguna Honda will bring to their program. In addition to being a specially designed therapeutic environment, the new Laguna Honda features state-of-the-art equipment to give residents more options for restorative exercise.  Also, new dining options will provide more opportunities for relearning relevant skills and the many new therapeutic gardens on campus will afford greater accessibility to the healing effects of nature and enhanced opportunities for outdoor exercise and activities.

Our restorative nursing program is just one more way that Laguna Honda values the whole person in our approach to long term care and rehabilitation.