A temporary stay at a nursing home is a lot more than recovery care. It’s an opportunity to be pampered while working to regain strength. It’s taking a load off to clear mental clutter and lighten the burdens of outside pressures. It’s a fresh start.

Everybody needs a break. The challenge is to keep on keeping on while taking a much-needed break. A professional rehab team does just that–fanning the sparks of healing energy while respecting each individual’s needs and preferences.

One of the ways the team accomplishes that is by providing a variety of emotionally satisfying ways to recharge. In addition to state-of-the-art equipment and techniques such as anti-gravity treadmills and therapy pools, patients can enjoy gaming systems, music and art therapy, recreational activities, therapeutic gardening, and refreshing rest.

The Therapeutic Value in Staring Out the Window, A.G. RhodesDid you know that staring out the window is therapeutic? No matter what the weather, sitting comfortably for a few minutes each day is not only easy but healthful. Here are some reasons why looking out the window is so beneficial:

  • It slows the heart rate and allows the body to take deep breaths.
  • It connects a person with the outside world and a feeling of freedom.
  • The change of scenery renews visual as well as mental perspective.
  • It detaches and distracts a person from their immediate surroundings and obligations, releasing creative thought processes by overriding the stress of daily decision-making.
  • There’s no such thing as doing nothing–by slowing down and concentrating outside, a person’s mind moves into a type of restful meditative state.
  • The meditative state provides the means to listen to one’s own mind, focusing inside while gazing outside.

The best short-term senior care locations will offer several windows opening onto relaxing and colorful gardens. Scientific studies as well as personal reports consistently celebrate the health benefits of viewing and spending time in horticultural settings.

Opening windows really does open doors. Ideal window views provide lots of sky and open air, pleasing scenes in the middle view, and a variety of objects moving in the closest range. Such changes in visual focus exercise the eye muscles and the visual centers of the brain and also stimulate cognitive skills such as paying attention and focusing on details.

As Confucius said over 2,000 years ago, “I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.” A trusted healthcare team is committed to providing the best quality of life possible every day. Even resting by a window is therapeutic.