Arlington Heights rehab center aims to be more hotel than hospital

By Melissa Silverberg of the Daily Herald

Officials at the first stand-alone short-term rehabilitation center in the Northwest suburbs say they hope a stay at the Arlington Heights facility will be more like a hotel visit than a hospital stay.

Transitional Care of Arlington Heights, 1200 N. Arlington Heights Road, has 120 beds in mostly private suites for patients who need a bridge between hospital and home while recovering from acute and chronic conditions. The $27 million facility, built in a little more than a year on the site of a former AT&T building, likely will start accepting its first patients in August. READ MORE...

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Village officials joined the Transitional Care Management team at the ribbon-tying ceremony at the new Transitional Care of Arlington Heights.  Pictured left to right are: Megan Mulherin, Administrator; Charles Ross, Chief Strategy Officer; Sarah Glumm, Chief Clinical Officer; Mike Filippo, Chief Operating Officer; Denise Norman, President; David Weiss, Managing Principal of Rangeline Companies; Brian Cloch, Chief Executive Officer; Thomas Hayes, Mayor of Arlington Heights; Randy Recklaus, Arlington Heights Village Manager; Thomas Glasgow, Village Trustee; Charles Witherington-Perkins, Director of Planning and Community Development for Arlington Heights; Carol Blackwood, Mike Sidor and Jim Tanaglia, Village Trustees; Michael Mertes, Arlington Heights Business Development Coordinator; and Robin LaBedz, Village Trustee. Over 200 guests enjoyed tours of the new center, sampled signature CuisineCare delights and celebrated the debut of the new post-acute care center that will offer short-term rehabilitative care for people who are bridging the distance between hospital and home.

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Transitional Care Management of Arlington Heights welcomed Village representatives for a sneak peek of the first stand-alone, post-acute care center in the northwest suburbs. Pictured left to right: (front row) Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce representative Jim Platt, Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes, Village Trustee Robin LaBedz, State Representative Elaine Nekritz, TCAH Administrator Megan Mulherin and AH Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jon Ridler (back row) TCM Chief Strategy Officer Charles Ross and State Representative David Harris.

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The addition of dry wall helps (one of) the new Transitional Care of Arlington Heights therapy gyms, nursing stations and first floor take shape at the northwest suburb’s first stand-alone, state-of-the-art Transitional Care center.  Within these walls, Transitional Care physicians will guide around-the-clock skilled nursing care while physiatrists, therapists and clinicians will work to help patients restore function lost through injury, surgery or disease.

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Learn more about the future of sub-acute care coming soon to the new Transitional Care of Arlington Heights (currently under construction on south Arlington Heights Road next to the fire station) Date: Thursday, March 26 Time: at your convenience between 7-10AM or 3-7PM Place: Transitional Care Management Support Center 6400 Shafer Court, Ste. 600 Rosemont, IL 60018 Please note: the event will be held in Rosemont since the Arlington Heights facility is under construction. Now Hiring for Spring/Summer 2015 Full- and part-time PTs, PTAs, OTs, COTAs, SLPs Nurses, including RNs, LPNs and CNAs Experienced and new graduates welcome Wound care-certified, cardiac care and med/surg nurses welcome Dining/food services Administrative, including outreach representatives Housekeeping/guest relations RSVP to Beth by 3/20/15 at BPangilinan@tc-mgmt.com or 847-720-8722

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Fresh air! The new Transitional Care of Arlington Heights post acute rehabilitation center will incorporate ample access to the great outdoors, including this central courtyard. Guests are invited to step out onto one of many outdoor patios and terraces and enjoy the fresh air. Breathe deeply. Repeat. You’ll feel better already!

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