Inpatient Services

The inpatient facility is a CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) accredited licensed 51-bed institute. It presently operates as a 28-bed acute medical rehabilitation unit providing medical care for patients requiring hospitalization. Patients are provided with 24-hour nursing care from various levels (RN, LPN, CNA) with a majority of the registered nurses being CRRN certified (specially trained in rehabilitation services).

Other services provided include:
Nutritional Consultants
Wound Care Services
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Pathology/Audiology
Therapeutic Recreation
Respiratory Therapy
Social Services and Rehabilitation Psychology

In order to qualify for treatment as an inpatient, the patient must be able to participate in three hours of multidisciplinary therapies, require 24-hour nursing care, require 24-hour physician coverage (physician must be certified in rehabilitation), and have one of the following diagnoses:
Stroke
Spinal cord injury
Congenital deformity
Amputation
Major multiple trauma
Femur fracture (hip fracture)
Brain injury
Neurological disorders
Burns
Active polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic vasculidities with joint inflammation
Bilateral joint replacement
Severe or advanced osteoarthritis

Medicare Inpatient Rehab Facility Requirements

The Inpatient Rehabilitation unit is located on the second floor of the Regional Rehabilitation Institute and treats patients of all ages with rehabilitation specific diagnoses. The unit has private rooms, semi-private rooms, patient/staff education area, brain injury observation room, patient therapy gym, team and patient/family conference area, family/TV lounge and a patient dining room.