Valley Rehabilitation Center Transcript
Valley Rehabilitation Center – Liva Yates Gritton, MD Video
[Serious music]
Visuals: Camera slowly zooms toward an exterior entrance of hospital; the camera slowly zooms toward the unit's front desk, where a nurse sits; slow pan of a brochure titled "Begin Your Journey to Recovery with Us."
Liva Yates Gritton (V.O.): The Valley Rehabilitation Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital provides intensive, specialized care for patients recovering from severe injury, surgery or illness.
V.O. visuals: Camera slowly follows a therapist helping a patient with a walker on a sidewalk outside of the hospital; closeup of their feet in slow motion; female doctor walks into a Valley Rehabilitation Center room and talks with a female patient sitting up in the bed; close up of patient lifting her arm in the air; close up of a female therapist working with another female patient on a machine.
Dr. Gritton (V.O.): Our 15 bed unit offers a high level of care with daily therapy sessions and close medical supervision.
V.O. visuals: A female therapist works with a male patient on rehab stairs; close up of her holding his knees as he descends the stairs.
Gritton (V.O.): Life changing events such as strokes, spinal cord injuries, joint replacements, or severe neurologic conditions....
Visual: Dr. Yates Gritton introduced with title “Liva Yates Gritton, MD – Medical Director, Acute Rehabilitation Unit” in lower- third.
Dr. Gritton (V.O.): …needs the personalized, intensive therapy our unit provides in individual and group settings. The acute Rehabilitation unit has so many benefits for the patient. It works with various specialties to help our patients really achieve the highest function possible.
V.O. visuals: Close up of a female therapist working with a female patient on a machine for hand motion; another speech therapist shows a male patient a picture of an ice cream cone and helps him form the word; camera pulls back to reveal him sitting across from her.
Gritton (V.O.): Getting those things back that we take for granted... getting dressed, bathing, showering and mobility. Getting up and moving, or from a cognitive standpoint, just getting back to being yourself.
V.O. visual: Close up of a hand-held device slowly being used to pick up objects from the floor; camera pulls back to reveal a male patient using it with the supervision of a therapist in the unit; a male therapist helps a female patient from a walker onto the bath tub seat; a group of patients creating water color paintings at a table, supervised by two therapists; close up of patient sweeping the paint brush back and forth across the canvas with the help of the therapist.
Janice Layco: I was diagnosed with a 6 centimeter brain tumor.
Visual: Janice Layco introduced with title “Jancie Layco - Former Patient” in lower- third.
Layco (V.O.): I had to have it removed. Because of the fact that it was very invasive, I lost control of my lower body. After I left, I could walk with a walker. I was able to shower....
Visuals: Layco stands in a hallway of the unit talking in slow motion with two female therapists; camera slowly pans on each of them; she walks down the hallway with one of them.
Layco: I was able to maneuver and be able to pick up things from the floor, as my therapists have taught me. I was much stronger.
V.O. visuals: Slow pan as a female therapist (Shannon Hart) sits behind a desk talking with a male patient in a wheelchair; close up of patient as he talks with her; close up of her as she talks with him.
Shannon Hart (V.O.): When Juan first came to us, he had difficulty producing a whole sentence. Through speech therapy, he worked on...
Visual: She is introduced with the title “Shannon Hart - Speech Language Pathologist” in lower- third.
Hart: ...slowing down, over-articulating to the point where he was communicating independently, you know, with no errors.
V.O. visuals: Hart working in slow motion with the male patient (Juan Cotto) on a rehab machine; close up of a hand rotation in slow motion; close up of Cotto concentrating; close up of Hart encouraging him.
Juan Cotto (V.O): By the time I left, I had regained some of my mobility and I was able to speak. The Center had a lot to do with it because their approach was so professional that it just made a big difference in the way I felt.
Visuals: Juan Cotto is introduced with the title “Juan Cotto - Former Patient” in lower- third.
Juan Cotto: Valley Presbyterian is a great choice if you want to get back on your feet.
Hart (V.O.): In-patient rehabilitation is so important for patients because we have all of the home set-up that patients have at home, here on the unit. With the help of therapists and nursing staff they can practice using the kitchen again. They can practice opening the oven, you know, writing out ingredients, picking out recipes, and pretend to cook again.
V.O. visuals: Hart supervising another male patient as he removes a water glass from a dishwasher and puts it on a shelf; close up of her talking with him; close up of him slowly pulling an oven door open; Hart holds a grocery list as he pulls items from a shelf and places them in a hand-held basket; Hart showing him how to work the buttons and knobs on the oven.
Hart: And that builds confidence for these patients so that when they go home, they feel empowered to be able to do those things again.
Layco (V.O.): I appreciate everyone who has been involved with that journey because I wouldn't be here now without their help. People are here for you, people want to help you and they want to see you be your best again.
V.O. visuals: Layco walking down a hallway in slow motion with Dr. Gritton toward the camera; slow pan close up of a male patient holding on to parallel bars in the unit; therapist helping him walk forward; Hart at the desk with another male patient relearning how to count money and make change.
Dr. Gritton (V.O.): When you have that personalized approach, it really does help the patients meet their goals. So to see somebody come in at their lowest and be able to leave doing things that they didn't think they could do, it's indescribable.
V.O. visuals: Dr. Gritton listening to a female patient's heart rate as she sits up in bed; close up of Gritton as she talks with the patient; close up of the patient as she talks with Gritton; close up of a therapist lifting a patient's leg; camera pulls back to reveal a male therapist lifting the patient's leg as she lays on a padded table; a female patient on a cane walking with a female therapist in slow motion outside of the hospital.
Dr. Gritton (V.O.): I'm so proud to say that our small unit at Valley Presbyterian Hospital scored in the top 10% of the country for acute rehabilitation unit. When you or your loved one faces recovery from a severe injury or illness the Valley Rehabilitation Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital is ready to provide the vital health you need.
V.O. visual: Dr. Gritton walks up to the unit's front desk where she is greeted by several employees; close up pan of a brochure titled "Nationally Ranked Top Rehab Hospital for 2024!"; close up of a hand swinging a badminton racket; a male and a female patient in wheelchairs on either side of a net, compete in a game of balloon badminton supervised by two therapists; close up of therapist adjusting the arm sling on a female patient; camera pulls back to reveal her pulling it in place as the patient sits on a hospital bed; therapist walking slowly down the hallway with the patient on a cane.
Dr. Gritton (V.O.): For more information, or to schedule a tour, visit our website or give us a call.
V.O. visual: Fade out to end screen with Valley Presbyterian Hospital's logo, and "Valley Rehabilitation Center 818.902.5752 | valleypres.org/rehab"
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