Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation

Pulmonary/Ventilator Unit

Regaining independence, confidence and going home are priorities for Berlin’s ventilator patients.

Berlin’s Nursing & Rehabilitation Center provides the only inpatient ventilator unit on the Eastern Shore allowing families to keep loved ones close to home. Our respiratory staff works diligently around the clock caring and supporting patients that require respiratory attention. Our individualized care plans and interdisciplinary team approach, allows for the best treatment plans meeting each patients needs.

As the testimonials below detail, the respiratory staff’s number one goal is to wean the patient from the dependency of the ventilator using the latest modalities and equipment while nurturing the spiritual healing and send them home safely.

Testimonials:

“…His change in attitude began at your facility because of you and your staff. You encouraged every day, you explained what was going on so that he understood and always you convinced him that things were changing every day, as they did. We cannot thank you and your staff enough for the special care and devotion and your professional approach to your work. You are true care givers in so many ways. Thank you, thank you, thank you all.”
Kauffman

“As to the operation in your ventilator unit, I could not be more pleased with and appreciative of the treatment and loving attention the staff lavished on me. It was superb. I have thanked Jim in the past and he knows how much I appreciate all the was done for me.”
S. Kauffman, our patient

“Competent. Caring. Cognizant. These are just a few of the many positive attributes displayed during my husbands stay at the vent-rehabilitation unit at the Berlin Nursing Home. Following an extended stay at PRMC, Willy was admitted to the vent unit to help facilitate [ventilator] weaning and to provide his family with home-vent instruction, direction and support. The entire staff, which would include respiratory, nursing, medical and custodial personnel, entered my husband’s room w/ genuine warmth and interest while addressing both the patient’s and family’s needs and concerns. After discharge, several of the staff have stayed in touch with our family as an expression, we believe, of sincere concern and friendship, not mere duty. Recently, during Hurricane Irene, the weather forecasters predicted a possible 4-5 day power outage; the day before this news, I received a call from the respiratory supervisor recommending I readmit Willy during the hurricane for his own safety since he continued to require [ventilator] support. Because of the unit’s concern, foresight and [proactive response], my husband’s readmission ran smoothly which promoted a sense of security and reduced the stress for both the patient AND his family. As a result, my husband’s care during the hurricane was not compromised and he is home safe and sound. The people make the unit the success it is!!"
Cannon family.

Call 410-641-4400 for bed availability or to schedule a visit of our Ventilator Unit!