Programs and Services
Inglis House
Inglis House is a skilled nursing, long-term care community, based in Philadelphia.
Inglis can help when your loved one faces the challenge of living with a severe physical disability, Inglis can help. For almost 150 years, we have enabled people with physical disabilities to achieve a quality of life that they or their loved ones may not have thought possible.
The 252 residents — all wheelchair users — range in age from 18 to 90 (average age 53). Their primary diagnoses a range of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury.
Why choose Inglis?
Inglis is a skilled nursing facility that offers the nursing/medical services in a home-like an environment. Here, residents are encouraged to be as independent as possible. Inglis focuses on the entire person, not just a medical diagnosis. We work to help residents reach their goals all while receiving the services they need.
Our residents live with diagnoses including multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and other neurological disorders that result in paraplegia or quadriplegia. At Inglis House, residents will find expert care and engaging educational and social activities at Inglis House — a vibrant community where they can live comfortable and fulfilled lives.
Inglis is one of a select few residential facilities throughout the United States that offers such highly specialized, long-term care for people with physical disabilities.
Person-Centered Care
Person-centered planning is a process, directed by an individual with long-term care needs, intended to identify the individual’s strengths, capacities, preferences, needs and desired outcomes.
Person-centeredness empowers residents to make their own decisions about when to get up or go to bed, how to decorate their room, assist in menu planning and participate in household decisions. Staff and residents work together in a collaborative, home-like setting to set the tone and activity level for their Neighborhoods.
“You can open your mind to many activities- acting, therapy, music, working, learning new things, taking trips… there are no limits at Inglis House. You can live as normal a life as possible and with a positive attitude. Your wheelchair is not a barrier”
-Eric, Inglis House Resident
Available Medical and Nursing Services
As an Inglis House resident, nursing care is available 24-hours a day from registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants. Your medical needs will be handled by a team of attending physicians and nurse practitioners, under the direction of a medical director experienced in meeting the needs of people with complex medical problems and multiple diagnoses.
Specialist consultants are available on-site in the following areas:
- Audiology
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Gynecology
- Neurology
- Optometry
- Physiatry
- Podiatry
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
Diagnostic testing is also available on-site in the following areas:
- Blood work
- Cardiograms
- X-ray
- Ultrasounds
Amenities/Services include:
- Private rooms
- Flat screen TVs
- Cable TV
- Coordination of medical services
- Scheduled transportation for outside trips
- Therapeutic recreation schedule seven days a week
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Wireless network
- Convenience store
- Hairdresser/barber shop