Basking Ridge Resident Among Rutgers PT Students Visiting Matheny

Recognizing that it can't provide healthcare for everyone with a disability, the Matheny Medical and Educational Center in Peapack has taken on the responsibility of trying to ensure that future healthcare professionals understand how to care for and treat people with disabilities.

With that in mind, a group of physical therapy majors from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School visit Matheny every year to learn about the needs and equipment required by persons with developmental disabilities. Matheny is a special hospital and educational facility for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities.

One of the Rutgers students visiting Matheny this year was Basking Ridge resident Sarah Carothers, who remembered, as a student at Ridge High School, shadowing a Matheny physical therapist. The experience, she said, was "amazing." During the recent visit, she said, "it was so cool to see all the collaboration. How empowering it is for people with disabilities!"