OPEN HOUSES TODAY AT DELTA CLINIC, TIP OFFICES

CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- The newly-opened Delta Rehabilitation Clinic and the branch office of Tip of Illinois Health Services Inc., will hold open houses today from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at their two Carterville offices.

The Delta Rehab Clinic is at the intersection of Routes 13 and 148 and Tip's branch office is about one-quarter mile north of the intersection. Refreshments will be served.

The clinic offers physical therapy and speech therapy on an outpatient basis. The clinic offers a number of individual services and the pool at nearby Delta Health Club is used for aquatic therapy. Tom Miller, registered physical therapist, provides direct patient evaluation and treatment for patients at the clinic.

The clinic's available services, which are provided by Michael Bradley Sims, speech and language pathologist, include diagnosis and therapy for disorders of speech articulation, voice, fluency, and language. Cognitive rehabilitation, aural rehabilitation and diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders are also available.

The Tip office has been in operation since 1976, and is the area's largest Medicare-certified home-health agency. It is Joint Commission Home Care accredited.

Tip serves the lower 18 Southern Illinois counties and provides physical therapy, nursing, speech therapy, home-health aide, and hospice services.