Learn, Restore, Recover

• Learn how to maximize your function and take control of your medical needs
• Restore good health, confidence and hope
• Recover your roles in life; family, friends, work and play

Nearly half of patients discharged from the acute care hospital have ongoing medical and physical problems that require close attention and treatment. Patients and families are told that “rehabilitation” is needed.

• Exercise and muscle strengthening activities do not define the rehabilitation process; it is defined by education
• The rehabilitation team member adds value by teaching; they are not exercise trainers or cheerleaders
• The team instructs the patient and the family in the best ways to regain good physical and emotional health, resume mobility and optimize self-care abilities.

• An acute rehabilitation program (ARP) is required to provide three hours of therapy five days a week whereas a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) is not.
• ARP is required to have a medical staff specially trained in rehabilitation medicine whereas an SNF is not.
• An ARP is required to provide a multidisciplinary team approach to patient treatment whereas an SNF is not.
• An ARP is required to provide 24 hour rehabilitation nursing wheras an SNF is not.

In order to be approved for admission to the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, an individual must meet specific criteria that make it medically reasonable and necessary for the individual to remain in the hospital for rehabilitation. This criteria includes the following:

• The need for active, ongoing therapy of at least two disciplines – Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and/or Speech Therapy; AND
• The ability to tolerate and the willingness of the individual to actively participate in a minimum of three hours of therapy five days / week; AND
• Evidence that the individual can make significant, measurable and practical improvement in a reasonable amount of time; AND
• The need for close medical supervision by a physician who has specialized training and experience in inpatient rehab; AND
• The need for complexity of nursing, medical management and rehabilitation in a coordinated, interdisciplinary team approach to rehabilitation care.

Some of the patients our Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit can help are those who have experienced:

• Amputation
• Arthritis
• Brain injury
• Fractured hip
• Major multiple trauma
• Neurological disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, Guillain – Barre Syndrome or Parkenson’s Disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke
• Total hip replacement
• Total knee replacement