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Choosing the Right Rehabilitative Care After experiencing a life-changing stroke or other illness, your doctor may recommend rehabilitation as the next step in your journey to recovery—but what does that mean, and where should rehabilitation take place?
On average, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals have a lower length of stay and discharge more patients home than skilled nursing facilities. This means inpatient rehabilitation hospitals are able to help individuals return to their families, their jobs and their These settings—known as postcommunities more effectively and acute care—include home health, more quickly. inpatient rehabilitation, skilled The services delivered at nursing homes and long-term acute inpatient rehabilitation hospitals care hospitals. Should you need serve as a next step for many additional care, your care team patients who are ready to leave could refer you to one of these the acute care hospital, but need settings based on your abilities and extra rehabilitation and recovery goals; but as a patient, you have before returning home. Doing your Doing your research and selecting the right inpatient rehabilitation hospital is a critical step for a successful recovery. the right to choose where you go for post-acute care. Your doctor said you need rehabilitation. What next? Independent studies show that inpatient rehabilitation hospitals are a better setting for stroke, hip fracture, and hip replacement patients. Unlike skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals are required to provide at least three hours of therapy five days a week and will allow access to trained physicians and rehabilitation equipment and technology that may not be available elsewhere.
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research and selecting the right inpatient rehabilitation hospital is a critical step for a successful recovery. Your local inpatient rehabilitation hospital of choice. Editor’s Note: This article was submitted by Lisa Hopkins, OTR/L, of Encompass Health – Harmarville – Sewickley – Kennedy. At Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville and Sewickley, we are committed to helping you regain independence after a life-changing illness or injury. Serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, we are a leading provider of inpatient rehabilitation for stroke, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and other complex neurological and orthopedic conditions. To learn more, visit encompasshealth.com.
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