Concierge Director: Aryeh A.
Patient’s Name: Mary L.
Patient’s Age: Over 70 years old
Admission Date: 12/30/2025
Admitted From: Woodhull Hospital
Discharge Date: 06/09/2026
Discharged To: Home
Length of Stay: 162 days
Reason for Stay: Required skilled rehab and nursing post-hospitalization for severe right foot pain, weakness, and difficulty with safe ambulation.
How did this patient hear about The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center?
Referred by the hospital
Details of Experience:
Mary L. arrived at The Monarch following an acute hospitalization at Woodhull Hospital due to severe right foot pain, weakness, and difficulty ambulating safely. Upon admission, Mary was unable to ambulate due to the severity of her pain and required skilled nursing care, therapy services, and interdisciplinary support to improve her strength, safety, mobility, and comfort so she could return home.
At the beginning of her stay, Mary met with the interdisciplinary team, including concierge, administration, nursing, therapy, social work, dietary, and the dietician. From the start, the team focused on understanding her goals, concerns, preferences, and what would make her stay more comfortable. Team members continued to follow up with her throughout her admission to make sure she felt supported.
Mary’s primary goal was to get stronger, reduce her right foot pain, improve her walking, and return home safely. The Monarch’s effective pain management program played an important role early in her stay, helping keep her pain controlled so she could participate in therapy and remain comfortable during recovery. Therapy worked with her consistently to strengthen, improve balance and endurance, practice safe transfers, ambulate with a rolling walker, and train on stairs.
Throughout her stay, Mary made significant and measurable progress. Her right foot pain improved greatly and eventually became almost completely resolved. With continued therapy and encouragement, Mary progressed from being unable to ambulate on admission to ambulating up to 450 feet with a rolling walker, demonstrating improved balance, safety awareness, and endurance.
A major milestone in Mary’s recovery was her ability to complete five stairs independently. This was especially important for discharge planning and helped confirm that she was ready to return home safely. The Monarch Social Work Department also assisted Mary with coordinating a home care agency and securing home care hours to help ensure her discharge plan was safe and well-supported.
Her stay at The Monarch was focused not only on therapy but also on ensuring she felt comfortable, cared for, and heard. Early in her admission, Mary met with the dietician almost daily to review her meal preferences and ensure she received foods she enjoyed while still supporting her healing and medical needs. The dietician worked closely with the Food Service Director to make sure Mary’s preferences were honored and that her meals were both appropriate and enjoyable.
The entire interdisciplinary team played a role in making Mary’s stay a positive one. Nursing, therapy, dietary, food service, social work, concierge, and administration worked together to support her clinical progress, comfort, pain management, meal preferences, and discharge goals.
Mary expressed how much she loved her stay at The Monarch and shared that if she ever needed rehabilitation again, she would return without hesitation. She stated that she would not choose any other rehab besides The Monarch.
Mary’s journey reflects the importance of individualized care, strong communication, effective pain management, and true interdisciplinary teamwork. Her progress from being unable to ambulate due to severe right foot pain to walking up to 450 feet with a rolling walker, completing 5 stairs independently, and discharging home with services in place is a meaningful success story for both Mary and The Monarch community.
All of us at The Monarch are proud to have been part of Mary’s recovery and wish her continued strength, comfort, and success at home.