Rehab Services at Kettering Heights Post Acute
Kettering Heights Post Acute is proud to offer a wide variety of skilled nursing care services to the community of Kettering and Dayton. Our physical, occupational, and speech therapists help patients rebuild strength, develop functional mobility, and perform activities of daily living for a successful return home. We also offer outpatient therapy at our in-house rehab gym for those that have transitioned home.
While participating in outpatient therapy with Kettering Heights, you can carry on with all your normal routines and hobbies while still receiving a highly personalized therapy experience. Whether you’re recovering from an illness, surgery, or major medical event, Kettering Heights Post Acute is committed to helping you rebuild strength, restore confidence, and regain independence at your own pace.

Physical Therapy (PT)
What is the goal of physical therapy?
Our physical therapy team works to help residents reach their highest level of independence.
How does physical therapy work at Kettering Heights?
Our physical therapy team works to help residents reach their highest level of independence. In the physical therapy programs at Kettering Heights, we use methods like massage, exercise, and stretching to help restore and even increase mobility and comfortability. Using personalized benchmarks and milestones, we’ll help you track your progress and see the improvements you make throughout the recovery process.

Occupational Therapy (OT)
What is the goal of occupational therapy?
Our occupational therapists help residents master tasks essential for daily living while maximizing their independence safely.
How does OT work at Kettering Heights?
Kettering Heights Post Acute’s occupational therapy program helps you retain your independence and ensures that you can continue to go about your day-to-day activities, like bathing, dressing, eating, cooking, and cleaning as smoothly as possible. Through different targeted exercises and practices, you’ll recover and retain your ability to carry out tasks that may have become challenging.

Speech Therapy
What is the goal of speech therapy?
Our speech therapists assess and help restore abilities in the areas of communication, swallowing, and cognition.
What are the benefits of speech therapy?
Our speech therapists assess and help restore abilities in the areas of communication, swallowing, and cognition. We help our patients strengthen chewing and swallowing, improve speech, bolster vocal clarity, and increase comprehension.
Through speech therapy, you can regain and improve your ability to communicate. Through both exercises regarding the physical aspect of speech, as well as mental exercises focusing on memory, comprehension, and thought formation, the Kettering Heights team will help you regain your confidence in your communication.

Outpatient Therapy
Patients at Kettering Heights Post acute can make progress after they are discharged with our outpatient therapy program. Patients who have graduated from inpatient care and other members of our community benefit from skilled evaluation and care planning after stroke, back pain/spinal disorders, joint replacement, arthritis, cardiac care, and many other conditions.

