Making sure you have the proper therapy is vital. Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation provides these additional services that are not available at most skilled nursing facilities:
- Assessments from a rehabilitation physician 5 times a week
- Specialized, trained rehabilitation nursing staff and clinicians, which include:
- Physiatrist
- Psychologist
- Nurses with training and certification in Rehabilitation Nursing (CRRN)
- Recreational Therapist
- Speech/Language Pathologist
- Occupational Therapist
- Physical Therapist
- A minimum of 3 hours of therapy daily which results in less time in the hospital
- On-site Radiology and Laboratory
- 24-hour RN staffing
- PM&R physician (doctors specializing in physical rehab medicine)
- Weekly interdisciplinary team meetings
- Prosthetic & orthotic services
- Extensive family/caregiver training
- Wheelchair Clinic
- Specialized equipment specific to you diagnosis
- Home evaluations as needed
- Transition planning for safe discharge
- No 3-day acute care admission prior to hospitalization required
- Pool therapy
You may want to consider Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation to improve your quality of life. For more information, please call: (850) 494-6169, (850) 494-6176 or (850) 494-5131.
Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation vs. Long Term Acute Care Facility
Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation offers some of the same services as an LTAC, i.e.
- IV therapy
- Wound care
- 24 Hour respiratory therapy
- Occupational/Physical/Speech therapy
- Tracheostomy care
- Clinical dietician
- 24-hour radiology & laboratory services
- PEG tube care/education
- Dialysis (with approval)
Listed below are additional services acute inpatient rehab offers that an LTAC does not routinely provide:
- Assessment from a Rehabilitation Physician 5 times a week
- Rehabilitation-focused care
- A minimum of 3 hours of therapy daily
- Specialized equipment specific to your diagnosis
- Short-term intensive rehabilitation
- Time in hospital based on your functional improvement
- Psychologist on site
- Recreational therapy
- Diabetic education to prepare for discharge
- Extensive family training
- Family members can stay with you in select cases
- Pool therapy
You may want to consider Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation to improve your quality of life. For more information, please call: (850) 494-6169, (850) 494-6176 or (850) 494-5131.