Physical Rehabilitation Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
Following illness or injury, patients often
need continued rehabilitation services to maximize functional
outcomes with the goal of returning to their prior level of
function.The Acute Rehabilitation Unit is an inpatient unit
within Evangelical Community Hospital. We offer a team approach
with the nursing staff and the rehabilitation staff including
occupational, physical and speech therapies to provide comprehensive
care for each patient.
The rehabilitation staff is highly-trained to treat those
patients who have had a stroke or other neurological diagnoses,
total joint replacements, fractures, trauma, amputations,
general weakness and debilitation, & compromised cardiovascular
and respiratory function.
Following illness or injury, patients often need continued
rehabilitation services to maximize functional outcomes with
the goal of returning to their prior level of function.
The Acute Rehabilitation Unit is an inpatient unit within
Evangelical Community Hospital. We offer a team approach with
the nursing staff and the rehabilitation staff including occupational,
physical and speech therapies to provide comprehensive care
for each patient.
Common impairments addressed in rehabilitation are: loss of
mobility, difficulty with ambulation, loss of coordination
and balance, difficulty in everyday activities of daily living
(dressing, grooming, bathing, homemaking), difficulty swallowing,
difficulty with speech and language, and judgment difficulties.
The staff will make recommendations based on the resident's
needs for equipment, such as a walker or a cane, wheelchair
seating, or bathroom needs to maximize their independence
with functional mobility. Prior to discharge, the staff may
also perform a home assessment, taking the resident and a
family member to the home to evaluate the environment and
ensure safety within the home.
Acute Rehabilitation
The Acute Rehabilitation Unit provides an interdisciplinary
team approach with medical supervision by a physician specializing
in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The patients are
required to participate in at least 2 therapies and the patients
must have the potential to participate in a minimum of 3 hours
of therapy per day. The rehabilitation staff is highly-trained
to treat those patients who have had a stroke or other neurological
diagnoses, total joint replacements, fractures, trauma, amputations,
general weakness and debilitation, & compromised cardiovascular
and respiratory function.