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Good Shepherd Home

Offers intermediate and skilled nursing care for persons with physical disabilities. A 99-bed facility, the Raker Center is open to residents 12 years old or older with primary diagnoses including, but not limited to, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, quadriplegia, or Multiple Sclerosis. Services include daily occupational therapy activities; pastoral care including linkages with outside congregations, weekly ecumenical worship, and religious education program; physical therapy services designed to improve physical function; speech and language therapy; and recreational therapy designed to provide residents with a well-rounded lifestyle.

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Physical Address

850 South Fifth Street, Allentown, PA 18103

Hours

Facility: 24/7 Office: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Application process

Telephone, internet. Residents may be referred by a physician, insurance company, discharge planner/social worker, home health agency, family member, or self-referral.

Eligibility

Individuals, 12 years and over, with a physical disability requiring nursing care

Service area

Lehigh, PA Northampton, PA

Agency info

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network

Motivated by the divine Good Shepherd and the physical and cognitive rehabilitation needs of our communities, our mission is to enhance lives, maximize function, inspire hope and promote dignity and well-being with expertise and compassion. Provides: - Inpatient rehabilitation - Long-term acute care - Long-term care - Neurorehabilitation - Occupational therapy - Outpatient rehabilitation - Pediatric rehabilitation - Physical therapy - Speech and communication therapy - Ventilator weaning