Whittier Center earned Excellence Certificate

Whittier Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center has been certified by Vohra Wound Physicians as a Center of Excellence for Wound Management. Only 10% of Vohra’s skilled nursing facility partners have qualified for this annual certification.

Joshua Gurock, Administrator at Whittier Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center said, “I am extremely proud that our facility has been recognized by the Vohra Center.  It’s truly a well-deserved acknowledgement of the great work being performed by Aubry Dingman, Charge LPN, and our entire team here at Whittier. This certification shows the commitment that our nursing team has to providing outstanding wound care and healing outcomes to our resident and patient populations.”

Whittier places a top priority on healing and rehabilitating our residents to return them to their homes. We admit patients with chronic or complex wounds because we are equipped to treat them with our specialized wound management program.

We have partnered with Vohra Wound Physicians to bring physician-led bedside wound care to our facility. A Vohra wound physician visits our facility weekly to treat our residents with wound and skin issues. This reduces the need to send our residents out to wound care centers or hospitals.

Our multispecialty team treats all types of wounds including pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial wounds, diabetic neuropathic wounds, post-surgical wounds and others.

Our facility has an interdisciplinary team to care for our residents. The wound physician works with the primary care physicians, physical therapists, staff nurses and other specialists to ensure our residents are receiving excellent wound care.

As long-term facilities continue to provide more specialized services with complex ailments, the presence of a wound physician is an important link in providing superior care.

About Our Facility:

Whittier Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center provides comprehensive healthcare services to the Columbia County area and is a part of the Whittier Health Network continuum of care.

Whittier Health Network, located in Haverhill, MA, is family owned and operated. It has been providing comprehensive healthcare services to New England since 1982 and takes great pride in clinical outcomes that are superior to other providers nationwide.  Whittier has grown tremendously over the last two decades and now owns seven Longterm Care/Skilled Nursing Facilities, two Rehabilitation Hospitals, and two Transitional Care Units, as well as managing several Nursing Homes.