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Marvin and Betty Danto Family Health Care Center gets an upgrade.

Esther Allweiss Ingber { Contributing Writer

rofessionalism and
in the HCR system and local
sensitivity define the
marketplace. Danto offers a
quality of care patients
separate speech therapy room,
receive at Marvin and Betty
small private gym, modality
Danto Family Health Care
room, fully functioning
Center in West Bloomfield.
retraining kitchen and laundry
Patients in need of skilled
room, and an external therapy
nursing or rehabilitation care
walk over a variety of surfaces
and ramps. More than 35 full-
get referred to Danto because
its top-notch services and
, time therapists are on staff.
pleasant atmosphere facilitate
▪
"The renovated physical and
a speedy recovery.
§ occupational therapy areas at
The center also wins respect
Danto provide a more modern
because of its parent company,
▪ option for skilled nursing and
HCR ManorCare of Toledo.
t rehabilitation," Mithen said.
HCR has a network of more
Danto works with the Jewish
Michael Mithen, senior administrator at the newly renovated Marvin and
than 500 skilled nursing and
Federation of Metropolitan
rehabilitation centers, assisted Betty Danto Health Care Center-HCR Manorcare
Detroit and other community
living facilities, outpatient
agencies to maintain its Jewish
complex medical care is for patients who
heritage, although it is no longer a
rehabilitation clinics, and hospice and
need to recover from surgery, illness or
home healthcare agencies.
Jewish agency. Danto features two
accidents.
Danto opened in 1996 on the
kosher kitchens, a chapel for religious
Hospitalized patients with continuing
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus,
services, electrically lit Shabbat and
ailments or a need to build strength and
on Maple Road west of Drake.
holiday candles, and a full-time rabbi for
stamina before returning home may
"We pride ourselves on helping
spiritual comfort.
be referred to Danto by their doctors
patients with orthopedic injuries,
Dr. Charles Silow, director of
for intensive nursing services and
stroke or neuromuscular illness, cardiac
Jewish Senior Life's Program for
rehabilitation programs.
care, wound care, oncology care and
Holocaust Survivors and Families,
The short-term rehab unit at Danto
a wide array of other services," said
provides counseling and socialization
provides patients with a low-cost,
Michael Mithen, senior administrator at
opportunities for patients. Other onsite
effective transition from hospital to
Danto. "Not only do we offer 24-hour
amenities for everyone are cable
home, according to Mithen, who has
nursing care, but we have an onsite
television, beauty salon and barber
more than 20 years of experience in
physical medicine and rehabilitation
shop, WiFi connectivity for computers,
various healthcare settings.
physician and attending physicians."
pet therapy, and Internet cafe with daily
A multi-disciplinary team evaluates
Nabil Khoury, M.D., Danto's
coffee bar and lunch specials.
newly admitted patients and develops
administrative medical director, is also
Heartland-West Bloomfield is another
their personalized treatment plan.
medical director of Ambulatory Services,
local HCR property that received
"Our goal is to help our patients get
extensive renovations, including a new
Quality and Utilization Management at
discharged back into the community as
West Bloomfield Henry Ford Hospital.
gym, a full kitchen to prepare patients
quickly and safely as possible," he said.
Long-term care is an option for
for home, as well as such equipment as
Danto recently underwent major
patients requiring nursing services that
electrical stimulation ultrasound and
renovations, including the creation of
cannot be provided to them at home.
shortwave diathermy for pain control. ❑
25 private rooms, three new Internet
Treatments are typically specific to
Marvin and Betty Danto Health Care
cafes, a new dining room, and updated
patients' symptoms and might include
Center is located at 6800 W. Maple Road
lounge and common areas. At more than
rehabilitation.
in West Bloomfield. For information, call
4,500 square feet, the West Bloomfield
Short-term intensive rehabilitation and
(248) 788-5300.
facility now has the largest therapy gym

20 BOOM Magazine • February 2013