November, 2008 - SimplyRehab will have a booth at the annual ASHA conference in Chicago and 6 of the company's full time SLP's will be attending and sharing booth duties.

October 25, 2008 - SimplyRehab sponsored a successful 7 Hour CE approved session at the Sheraton Hotel in Arlington Heights, Illinois called "ASSESSING AND TREATING THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED OLDER ADULT". Over 50 people attended with excellent feedback from all.

Key Course Objectives were:

1. Quickly assess a patient's cognitive level through 15 minutes of observation.
2. Identify treatment goals appropriate for each stage of dementia.
3. Demonstrate successful treatment approaches and techniques for early, middle and late state dementia.
4. Identify key strategies for management of cognitively impaired residents within the long-term care setting.

The instructor Linda Riccio, is a 25-year veteran of long-term care operations and clinical/programmatic development. An Occupational Therapist, Linda has been a national educator in neurological disorders, orthopedics and the management of special care populations.

Both the Illinois Physical Therapy Association and the Illinois Occupational therapy Association have approved this course for 7 contact hours.

May 11, 2008 - SimplyRehab sponsored employees and friends in the Y-ME 5K Race To Empower in Chicago's Grant Park at 8 AM to help raise money for breast cancer research.

May 8, 2008 - SimplyRehab and The Lieberman center co-hosted an open house from 3 PM to 7 PM at the Lieberman Center, 9700 Gross Point Road in Skokie, Illinois to introduce therapists and students in the area to this prestigious, state-of-the-art facility. All licensed area therapists, students enrolled in Illinois or Wisconsin therapy programs and all academic fieldwork coordinators affiliated with SimplyRehab or the Lieberman Center were invited and several new therapists joined the team as a result of this event.

April 10, 2008 - SimplyRehab and The Lieberman Center of Skokie, Illinois executed contracts that add this prestigious not-for-profit skilled nursing facility to our client list. This state-of-the-art 240-bed facility is part of the CJE (Council for Jewish Elderly) Senior Life collection of facilities that serves over 18,000 seniors each year. SimplyRehab begins managing the Therapy Department at the Lieberman Center on Thursday May 15. To apply for a position with SimplyRehab at the Lieberman Center just click on the "JOBS" tab. To learn more about CJE, visit www.CJE.net.

April 4, 2008 - The Chief Operating Officer of SimplyRehab, Bob Kunio, spoke on benchmarking in the Long Term Care Industry at LSN's spring conference at Navy Pier in Chicago. The one hour presentation was well attended and included the case study describing how SimplyRehab has used benchmarking to identify best (and worst) practices and how it institutionalizes these best practices through on-going training and motivational programs.

November 2007 - SimplyRehab was featured in the cover story of NursingHomes Magazine. This article discussed how the company's use of benchmarking and its dedication to sharing best practices has produced state-of-the-art speech protocols that produce better patient outcomes and improved facility reimbursement. A link to this article http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/172910391.html