Comprehensive rehabilitative care and independent living solutions

Winning Wheels gives you a wealth of options aimed at a common goal: restoring persons served to their maximum level of physical, social and emotional functioning.

Winning Wheels is one of the few rehabilitation facilities in the nation to combine the treatment regime typically associated with a rehabilitation hospital and the daily personal care provided by a residential facility.

Each of Winning Wheels' departments employs strategies and interventions designed to improve or maintain functional skills that can be used in everyday life.

Winning Wheels strives to decrease dependency on institutional care through comprehensive rehabilitation services tailored to individual circumstances. The Winning Wheels continuum of care is made up of highly trained professionals from a variety of clinical disciplines. Each specialist contributes a detailed evaluation that serves as a building block in the development of a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan.

Our emphasis is on personal well-being.

The ultimate goal of Winning Wheels is to help persons served lead meaningful lives. Specialized training in such areas as coping skills, self-care and money management augments each person's daily regime of physical, occupational, speech, psychosocial, cognitive and recreational therapies. Pastoral services, developmental training, opportunities for continuing education and vocational instruction are also available to Winning Wheels' clients. Combined, these programs enable persons served to express independent lifestyles.

Winning Wheels' Mission

Our Core Values & Guiding Principals

• Quality - We offer high quality service, environment and relationships and are always striving for improvements.
• Customer Focus - We are here to provide customer satisfaction and all of our efforts must be focused on work which adds value and quality of life for those we serve.
• Innovation - We continually seek original and innovative ways to solve problems. We strive to see challenges as opportunities. We entertain new ideas continuously.
• Respect - We respect the hopes and goals of each person served. At all times, we show respect, compassion and empathy toward our residents.
• Commitment - We are committed to the implementation of programs that will lead to the most successful outcome for each person served.

Accreditation

CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) is an internationally recognized accreditation authority promoting quality rehabilitation services. When a program is CARF-accredited, it is an assurance that the program has successfully met nationally and internationally recognized service standards of quality and consumer satisfaction.

Winning Wheels has been awarded three-year CARF Accreditation for the following programs:

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs - Skilled Nursing (Adults)
• Brain Injury Residential Rehabilitation Programs (Adults)
• Community Services: Community Housing
• Community services: Community Integration

CARF Survey Comments

Winning Wheels demonstrates exemplary conformance to the standards:

• Winning Wheels does an outstanding job of getting persons served involved in the community by offering a range of activities for all levels of involvement and access to a variety of leisure and recreational activities based on the preferences of the persons served.
• Winning Wheels' rights and responsibilities contract is an excellent model for communicating information to persons served about their rights and responsibilities within the program.
• Community outings coordinated by Winning Wheels and requested by persons served are considered a best practice and contribute to improving the overall quality of life of persons served. Winning Wheels has demonstrated several innovative uses of resources that enhance the scope of the program relative to increasing participation of persons served in community events and organizations as well as in meaningful recreation and leisure activities. For example, Winning Wheels provides specialized bicycles for individuals with severe physical and cognitive impairments to participate in community-sponsored bicycle rides.

Winning Wheels has strengths in many areas, including:

• The Winning Wheels leadership team shows dedication and commitment to developing an exemplary rehabilitation program for persons served. These compassionate, dedicated leaders provide excellent role models for their staff.
• Winning Wheels staff members have a strong commitment to the needs of the persons served as demonstrated by their dedication, compassion, and enthusiasm. The commitment to care of persons served is validated by the high levels of satisfacation reported by persons served.
• To improve organizational performance, Winning Wheels solicits input from a variety of stakeholders, including persons served, their families, referring physicians, and staff.
• Winning Wheels provides a highly supportive, enriching environment to promote continued progression and quality of life for persons served. Of particular note are the building annex and the new additions to the van pool.
• Winning Wheels provides adequate resources to support the overall scope of services and to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that the needs of the persons served are met and predicted outcomes achieved.
• Winning Wheels provides continuing education to staff to maintain clinical and programmatic competency and to promote positive clinical outcomes.

Awards, Licensures, Certifications & Memberships

• AHCA (American Healthcare Association) - Step I and Step II Quality Award Recipient
• Illinois Department of Public Health
• Medicare / Medicaid
• SHARP - Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
• Illinois Bureau of Worker's Compensation
• Illinois Healthcare Association
• Brain Injury Association of Illinois
• Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois

We welcome you to learn more about our approach by completing our literature request form for a copy of our facilities and services brochure. Or call us at 815-537-5168 to learn more or schedule a tour of our facilities.