Schoenbrunn Healthcare Center is now one of the most technologically advanced Nursing Facilities in the State of Ohio. The facility, which includes a subacute unit, is as technologically advanced as some of the intensive care units in hospitals.

Advanced features on the unit include in wall oxygen and suction enclosed in a Hill-Rom designed headwall unit, new electric Hill-Rom beds and communications call light system. Hill-Rom beds are used with many different patients needs in mind. All of the beds can be raised or lowered by patient controls along with having the ability to turn the lights on and off from the bed controls. Telephones can be attached directly to the bed side rail making most patient needs accessible from their beds.

Two total care beds also enable the staff to care for patients who need special sleep surfaces to heal pressure ulcers and weigh the patient. The beds can be lengthened or shortened to accommodate patients height. An additional feature was the addition of the EnhanceMate, a voice activated bed control system. The EnhanceMate Voice Activated Control System is a unique innovation which enables disabled and immobilized patients to operate bed and room functions through their verbal commands. Through voice recognition, the system enables the patient to control nurse call, lighting, TV/Radio, telephone and bed functions.

The Composer System is an exclusive communication and information management system designed to enhance the quality of care provided to patients. The system can save time and effort by facilitating communications among staff room to room and provide information on the current status of patients within the unit. The Composer System will enable the staff assigned to a particular resident to be notified when their call light is activated. The staff member can communicate to that patient from their current location, access their needs and communicate back to that patient hands-free.

The Composer System can be integrated with the Hill-Rom beds to provide information at the nurses station including the side rail position, bed height, brake status and how long the call light was initiated and who answered it. All of these features aide in caring for the patients on the sub-acute unit. The Composer Communication System is the first to be used in a nursing facility in Ohio.

Skilled nursing facilities, such as Schoenbrunn Healthcare, are providing medical and rehabilitative care at an increasingly complex level for patients with a wide variety of needs. This care, often called "sub-acute" care, is delivered in a high quality manner for a cost which is typically lower than the same care provided in a hospital.

Schoenbrunn Healthcare offers skilled and intermediate services to the resident of Tuscarawas County and surrounding areas. The facility has a capacity to care for one hundred and sixty-six (166) patients and employs a staff of one hundred and fifty (150), making them one of the largest employers in the county.

Schoenbrunn Healthcares mission is to provide a unique and progressive setting for individuals with the most complex medical and rehabilitation needs. To serve our patients, Schoenbrunn Healthcare combines state-of-the-art technology with compassion and respect by an interdisciplinary staff of physicians, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers and dietitians. This approach offers the people we serve the opportunity to return home as quickly as possible to resume full and productive lives. By dedicating our resources, talents and energies, we offer the resident of Ohio and surrounding states the highest standard of care, cost effectively.

Our Lifebridge Unit is dedicated solely to meeting the needs of sub-acute patients. As a distinct unit of Schoenbrunn Healthcare, Lifebridge provides services of the highest quality to patients with the most complex medical conditions, including, postoperative care, intravenous therapy, wound care and rehabilitative therapy. The nurses work as part of an interdisciplinary team with the physician, physical, speech and occupational therapists, social workers, case managers and dietitian. The team meets weekly to review each patients progress toward the earliest possible return to the home.

Rehabilitation is a central part of the care provided to the patients on Lifebridge, as the vast majority of sub-acute patients receive some sort of therapy. Schoenbrunn Healthcare Center provided rehabilitation services on both inpatient and outpatient basis, including physical, occupational and speech therapy.

Admission to the facility typically begins with a referral from a discharge planner, physician or insurance company, but, may also be initiated by a patient or family member. The admission coordinator will obtain pertinent medical information and arrange for the admission to the facility. Admissions to Schoenbrunn Healthcare occur seven days a week to accommodate residents families and discharging facilities. Tours of the facility are welcome at any time.