Our Mission

Professional, skilled and compassionate staff working efficiently together to provide optimal care to maximize each individual’s potential.

Our Commitment to You

It is the policy of The Christ Hospital Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit that all team members will act in a manner consistent with the mission, philosophy, and operating policies of the program. In accordance with these principles and policies, team members will:

• Show respect for the dignity of the individual, whether patient, family member, co-worker, client, or any other person.
• Respond appropriately to your needs with respect to your cultural background, age, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, socioeconomic status, and language.
• Provide the highest quality clinical and customer-related services.
• Demonstrate fairness and honesty in all interactions with the public.
• Adhere to their professional codes and practice guidelines.
• Provide an accurate portrayal of the services and outcomes of the program.
• Be ethical in all marketing and public relations activities.

Who We Serve

Our patients are those who require early, intensive therapies for optimal recovery after a functional loss due to a disabling illness or injury, including the following:

• Stroke (CVA)
• Hip Fractures
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Amputations
• Certain Brain Injuries
• Multiple Injuries
• Other Disabling Impairments

We are successful in helping people with a variety of functional disorders relearn old skills that have been hindered as well as learn new adaptive techniques.

Services We Offer

Our comprehensive program features a full complement of aggressive inpatient rehabilitation services tailored to each patient based on his or her needs, tolerance for therapy and desired outcomes.

Services may include:

• Comprehensive evaluation to set realistic goals
• Daily supervision by a physical medicine physician specially trained in rehabilitative medicine
• Around-the-clock rehabilitative nursing care
• Physical therapy focused on restoring function; increasing coordination, stability, strength and endurance; and managing pain
• Occupational therapy to help patients regain daily function and self-care skills
• Speech therapy for evaluation and treatment of speech-language, cognitive and swallowing disorders
• Therapeutic recreation programs to ease the return into the community
• Social work and case management
• Patient education
• Psychological counseling
• Orthotic & Prosthetic Consultation
• Audiology Consultation
• Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis
• Discharge planning that may include a home evaluation
• Stroke recovery support group.

Scope of Service of Services

Comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation services are provided to adult and geriatric patients with neurological and other medical conditions of recent onset or regression and who have experienced a loss of function in activities of daily living, mobility, cognition or communication. This program serves persons 18 years and older and accepts persons served of varying cultural backgrounds. All patients are medically stable but have sufficient medical acuity to warrant an ongoing hospital stay. This program does not currently serve patients who are ventilator-dependent, comatose, or have complete quadriplegia or burn management needs.

Patients will receive a standard program of a minimum of three hours of physical, occupational and/or speech therapy services Monday through Friday or a revised therapy schedule based on the individual patients’ needs and/or tolerance. Additional therapy sessions will be provided on the weekends as indicated. These programs will be aligned with the patients’ requirements for therapy based on regulatory and payer source guidelines.

Many factors will influence the length of stay, including severity of injury, previous health status and medical complications.

The Christ Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit admissions team will serve as a resource suggesting alternative placement when referred patients do not qualify for our program.

The Rehabilitation team will work with the patient and their family to help determine the best environment based on individual needs at the time of discharge.