Description:

The Forest Retirement Home is located in Piastów – a picturesque village by lake Foluskie; it is surrounded by forests and situated on the border between the Kujawsko-Pomorskie and Wielkopolskie provinces, in Żniński county, Gąsawa commune, in Pałuki – an ethnographic region whose wildlife has largely avoided harm. Pałuki is a peculiarly green nook on the map of Poland, often referred to as “Little Masuria” because of its large number of lakes.

Piastowo is situated between two big conurbations with airports: 37 miles from Bydgoszcz and 50 from Poznań. 12.5 miles from Piastów, you can find the S5 expressway and, further on, the highway A2, leading to the border between Poland and Germany. The total distance to the border crossing point is 143 miles, which it can be covered in 2.5 hours.

The Forest Retirement Home in Piastów, as decided by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province Governor on 26th June 2017, signature: WPS.III.9423.2.6.2017.SSz/PZ, has been listed in the register of institutions providing around-the-clock care for the disabled, chronically ill and elderly.

Our home is designed for 83 residents, whom we provide with single, double or triple rooms, furnished with beds or sofas, wardrobes, chairs, tables, armchairs and night stands. The rooms can be equipped with the resident’s furniture and personal belongings.

In the rooms, there are bathrooms adjusted to the needs of the disabled. The building and its surroundings are free of architectural barriers. The home has a modern nurse and emergency call system, as well as an indoor sprinkler system to put out fires.

The Forest Retirement Home provides all the necessary services for its residents, including:

• the fulfilment of basic human needs by providing:
  1. a place of residence,
  2. food and drink – 5 meals a day, as recommended by a doctor,
  3. regular washing and general upkeep.
• nursing – providing around-the-clock nursing and social work services.
• assistance – occupational therapy, cultural activities, activities, trips.

Our residents can also benefit from:

• bibliotherapy with a discussion club and poetry soirées, keeping a journal and editing their own newspaper,
• art therapy,
• music therapy,
• theatre class – so-called “theatre over coffee”, theatrical miniatures, monodramas, workshops,
• leisure activities such as walks, dances, common-room games and activities, sightseeing trips and thematic trips to the theatre, opera, concert hall, cinema,
• ludotherapy – common-room therapy based on the participation of residents and people from outside the home in manipulative, thematic and didactic activities,
• silvotherapy, that is closeness to nature, animals and plants.

The Forest Retirement Home provides comprehensive care and rehabilitation. We offer a wide range of rehabilitation facilities, namely:

• electrotherapy equipment – therapeutic electric current is perfect for relieving pain of any origin,
• magnet therapy, which relieves pain and accelerates the healing and tissue regeneration process,
• diathermy, in which localised therapeutic heat generated with electromagnetic waves is used. It is excellent for relaxing muscles and combatting neuralgia,
• thermopress – it heals specific areas on the body with cold and heat,
• shockwave – short radio wave therapy, which is widely used to relieve pain in the motor system,
• laser –considered one of the most effective anti-inflammatory treatments; it is widely used in rehabilitation of the elderly. It uses waves of different lengths, emitted to the diseased tissue through a diode,
• UGUL – used to cure musculoskeletal diseases through sling exercises,
• manualex – a multifunctional table for arm therapy; the functionality of the appliance makes it possible for as many as 4 people to use it at the same time. It is good for training with neurologic, rheumatic and geriatric patients,
• equipment used for performing a diagnosis of the motor system and sense of balance.

Moreover, our home offers a fully-equipped fitness studio and a gym, where classes in gymnastics are held. They range from breathing exercises to Pilates on balls, gymnastics with resistance bands and dumbbells. We also have steppers, climbing frames and rotors.

Of all our relaxation activities, the spa deserves particular recognition with its Finnish sauna, jacuzzi, salt grotto, collarium, sun therapy room and a flotation pool, which is a real asset to our home. Taking a bath in the pool helps you relax deeply by floating freely in saline water. An hour-long session in a flotation pool has the same effect as a few hours of sleep.

The facility offers:

• Wi-Fi,
• a phone in each room,
• a common room,
• a library,
• a handy cooker,
• a launderette,
• a parking lot,
• a safe in every room.