Bancroft opens new rehab facility in Mount Laurel
The new Bancroft Neuro-Rehab Resnick Center, which will seek to help adults with brain injuries learn how to perform daily chores, opened Friday in Mount Laurel.
The new Bancroft Neuro-Rehab Resnick Center, which will seek to help adults with brain injuries learn how to perform daily chores, opened Friday in Mount Laurel.
The 18,000-square-foot facility will offer rehabilitation to people with neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, concussions, and stroke, according to the nonprofit center's announcement.
It will also serve children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and help adults reenter the workforce.
"The opening of the Resnick Center represents an exciting milestone for the entire Bancroft community as we strive to maximize the potential of those we serve," Bancroft's president and chief executive, Toni Pergolin, said in a news release.
"As New Jersey's largest provider of social services, we continue to be committed to providing innovative, and the highest quality of, care, and this expansion enables us to do just that, on a much larger scale."
The new facility is twice as large as the Lebensfeld NeuroRehab Center in Cherry Hill, which Bancroft operated and where it provided similar services for more than 20 years. That Cherry Hill location, on Kings Highway, will now be used to provide staff training and community vocational services for adults.
A $2 million dollar grant from Lynda and Stewart Resnick allowed Bancroft to expand its facilities, purchase new equipment, and move to Mount Laurel. The funds were provided through the Resnick Foundation.
The new location has space for outpatient physical and occupational therapy and for residential rehabilitation. It also has rooms for speech therapy, group learning, nutritional counseling, neuropsychology, and therapeutic activities. Some are equipped with Internet-connected flat-screen TVs.
The center hopes to serve more than 100 clients at any given time as it gets up and running, according to earlier reports. One focus will be on helping veterans with neurological problems.
Based in Haddonfield and operating from various campuses, Bancroft serves 1,500 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, along with adults who need neurological rehabilitation.