The staff of Orlando Lutheran Towers has developed a deep intellectual and emotional commitment to helping residents maintain good health and to meeting a wide range of health care needs. Our health care services meet the highest standards and are the most extensive found in retirement communities.

24-hour Emergency Assistance

Our Nursing staff is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year for emergency nursing care. The nursing staff is immediately accessible to residents via telephone from a state of the art wireless emergency call system located in each apartment in case of emergency.

Home Health Care

On occasion, residents need home health care services provided in their apartments. Our professional staff of Home Health R.N. case managers are accessible 24-hours a day, seven days a week to assist you with a home based treatment plan specific to your health care needs. Our program can provide assistance with various activities of daily living, while residents remain in their independent living apartments.

Assisted Living

Until recently, a senior needing assistance with some of life's daily activities had only a few choices -- a nursing home, live in help or relying on a friend or family member. Now, Orlando Lutheran Towers offers seniors and their families a very popular alternative.

At the Towers, Assisted Living residents will be able to continue living in their own private apartments while receiving just the right level of service they need from a supportive and nurturing staff. Called Assisted Living, these apartments offer more freedom than a nursing home and a more extensive level of care than a private family home. Daily tasks and errands will no longer be a bother. Emergency medical attention is available 24 hours a day, and our "state of the art" skilled nursing facility and rehabilitative center offers short and long term care as well.

Individualized assistance plan includes assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, and the following services:

• Medication monitoring
• Three delicious meals daily
• Weekly personal laundry and flat iron service
• Complete apartment maintenance
• All utilities including local telephone and basic cable
• 24 hour security
• Emergency response system
• Weekly housekeeping
• Scheduled transportation
• Stimulating social activities
• Access to our "state of the art" skilled nursing center

A full schedule of activities is planned that offers everything from physical fitness to social and educational events. Residents are encouraged to enjoy the companionship of friends and family, and to be as involved and as active as they would like.

At Orlando Lutheran Towers, receiving extra service does not mean a loss of function. Our priority is to help residents stay independent for as long as possible, so they can enjoy a greater quality of life then they would living alone.

Skilled Nursing Care

For more intensive recuperative or long-term care needs, Orlando Lutheran Towers provides residents of the Health Care Center professional nursing care, accommodations and services. Orlando Lutheran Towers Skilled Nursing Center provides dependable, professional health care. Whether a short or long term stay is needed, sensitivity to the total individual serves as the foundation for all of our programs.

Our nursing care services are provided by licensed nursing professionals under the supervision of an experienced Executive Director, Nursing Home Administrator, and our Director of Nursing.

Wellness Center

The Orlando Lutheran Towers is dedicated to our residents being in good health, empowerment, and enjoying life more. Wellness can encompass physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, vocational and environmental health. It is a lifelong process of consciously optimizing one’s well-being. At the Wellness Center activities are adapted to residents’ different abilities. The most important outcome of having a Wellness Center is improving residents’ quality of life. Residents participate in our fitness center because it’s a positive place to go. It feels good to be where people are maintaining, not losing, their edge on life.

Our goal at the wellness center is to optimize the physical, mental and spiritual well being of our clients. Increasing physical activity and focusing on prevention helps enhance the overall health and quality of life for our clients. Our programs are designed to assist residents in maintaining a higher level of independence and helps prevent many debilitating conditions common to the elderly population.

The Wellness center was recently expanded and upgraded with new Cybex® equipment and flat screen T.V.'s for the enjoyment of our many active residents. The 1500 sq. ft. wellness center is staffed and managed by Scott Muller who is a degreed exercise physiologist from the University of Miami. For the past 5 years Scott has been providing exercise advice and the management of ancillary needs such as the coordination of diet and physician orders for the unique needs of each resident who visits the center. The wellness center recently added several telemedicine kiosks that provide many medical services such as blood pressure and heart rate information free of charge to the residents. This is an initiative that campus management believes is the future of our industry. Scott is trained in the use of these machines and has successfully integrated this service into a part of the daily work out. Classes and individual attention to specific needs are available upon request.

Our goal at our Wellness/Fitness Center is to optimize the physical, mental and spiritual well being of our residents and clients. Increasing physical activity and focusing on prevention helps enhance the overall health of our residents. Our goal is to maximize our resident’s ability to be independent and to preserve their dignity as they age.

Complete Therapy Department

The Orlando Lutheran Towers offers a comprehensive therapy program comprised of a highly skilled team of physical therapists, occumpational therapists, speech language pathologiests and audiologists. From full rehabilitation services to individual therapist support, our dedicated staff and resouces are availble should the need arise.

Orlando Lutheran Towers, a full-service Continuing Care Retirement Community, has a long history of providing exceptional care for its residents. With the building of The Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers, the tradition and high standards continue.

The Commons is a new 126-bed skilled nursing center that is Medicare approved, Medicaid licensed, and a provider to commerical insurance companies. With only 42 beds on each floor, it has a low resident to staff ratio. The Commons provides excellent care for residents of the Towers and seniors from the Central Florida community.

Whether short-term rehabilitation before returning home or longer term care is needed, we are deeply committed to meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the individual. Our residents are cared for in an atmosphere that recognizes their health needs and physical welfare while respecting their dignity, privacy and individuality. It's the art of caring, a skill that is developed to its highest level at The Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers.

Professional Staff

Quality nursing care is a hallmark of The Commons. Once a doctor's directions for a resident's care has been extablished, our professional nursing staff designs an individualized plan of care to meet each resident's needs. This plan of care is then routinely reviewed by an interdisciplinary clinical team to assess any changes or developments in the resident's condition. Our entire staff is trained in state-of-the-art methods to support the changing needs of residents while allowing them to maintain their independence and dignity. Communication, professionalism and a strong team organization are the foundation of our work at The Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers.

Four Floors of Service

From the first to the fourth floor, The Commons was designed with the health and well-being of the residents in mind. High-tech physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapy are available on the first floor. The second floor is a designated subacute unit that will meet the specific needs of Medicare and Managed Care patients at the time of their hospital discharge. The third floor is arranged for residents with dementia and other cognitive disorders. The fourth floor caters to patients needing long term care for a variety of health problems and progressive illnesses. A variety of social, physical, and intellectual activities are provided by our recreational therapist to meet the individual interests and abilities of our residents on every floor.

Therapy Department

Meet our staff Our in-house therapy department consist of Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Therapy Aides and is a team of dedicated, caring, experienced individuals in their respective fields and are working together to assure resident’s therapy needs are met.

We also have a full time Certified Lymphedema Therapists and on-staff Vital Stim® Certified Speech Therapist.

Therapy Services
We offer Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy services 5-6 days a week as resident’s medical condition warrants in order to achieve resident’s highest level of independence to allow them return to their prior level of function safely by utilizing state of the art equipment, up to date protocols and treatment techniques, incorporating multidisciplinary team approach and involving resident’s and their family members to participate in goal setting.

Physical Therapists are involved in evaluation and establishment of plan of care for the resident’s to help regain muscle strength, balance, and mobility. They also assist and provide training with use of mobility equipments such as but not limited to the following walkers, cane, etc. They also provide supervision for the physical therapy assistants.

Physical Therapy Assistants work under the supervision of the Physical Therapist and assist in implementing plan of treatment and achieving established goals. Occupational Therapists perform evaluation and establishes plan of care that addresses improving Activities of Daily Living such feeding, dressing, grooming, bathing and teaches residents in utilizing adaptive equipments during personal care.

Occupational Therapy Assistants work hand in hand with the Occupational Therapist to achieve goals established during evaluation. Speech Language Pathologists perform evaluation and develops a plan of treatment addressing communication, swallowing, and cognitive difficulties.

Therapy Aides assist in facilitating receipt of needed therapy services and provide support to therapists during mobility and transportation of residents to the therapy department.

Dementia Care

Residents with Alzheimer's disease or other memory disorders receive specialized care at The Commons at Orlando Lutheran Towers. Our trained and experienced staff design and administer a specific needs program of comprehensive, compassionate assistance for the safety and comfort of each resident on this floor.

Activities

Individual and group activities are a significant part of daily living at The Commons. Our activity programs are therapeutically designed by our activity director who is a certified recreation therapist. Some of the activities offered are: intergenerational programs, entertainment, life skill participation and pet therapy.

Outings are also a part of the activities at The Commons, allowing residents the opportunity to stay in touch with the world around them and giving them the pleasure of a relaxing excursion.