Inpatient Rehabilitation
Ernest Health hospitals provide specialized rehabilitative services to patients in the communities served. They often see patients recovering from disabilities caused by injuries, illnesses, or chronic medical conditions.
Inpatient Rehabilitation
In addition to providing rehabilitation services to people recovering from disabling diseases and injuries, Ernest Health hospitals also treat individuals who may have chronic illnesses such as cerebral palsy, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease.
The medical professionals work as a team with their patients and their family members to create individualized treatment plans so our patients can progress at their own ability levels. Their medical team includes specially trained physicians, nurses, social workers, case managers, and occupational, speech and physical therapists – among other medical professionals.
In Ernest Health hospitals, all patients receive 24-hour rehabilitation nursing care and daily physician management. Hospitals feature all private and semi-private rooms and well-equipped therapy areas, among other services that are individualized within each hospital to best meet each community’s needs. Some of these additional services may include stroke, amputation and aphasia programs.
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Why Rehabilitative Care?
At Ernest Health, we know that inpatient rehabilitative care is significant to a patient’s healing process.
Patients who receive rehabilitative services often experience positive results in regaining or improving productivity and independence. For example, a recent national study shows that patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities have better long-term results than those treated in skilled nursing facilities. The study, which was commissioned by the ARA Research institute, shows that patients treated in rehabilitation hospitals live longer, have less hospital and ER visits, and remain longer in their homes without additional outpatient services.
These patients:
- Returned home from their initial stay two weeks earlier
- Remained home nearly two months longer
Recognized Nationally
Ernest Health’s rehabilitation hospitals have been ranked by Netsmart Technologies, Inc., the administrator of the world’s largest database for rehabilitation outcomes. Netsmart uses a program evaluation model (PEM) to determine the rankings, which includes a case-mix and severity-adjusted tool, providing facilities with a composite performance score and percentile ranking drawn from more than 80 percent of inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the country. Each hospital follows a patient-centric model, incorporating advanced rehabilitation techniques and technology to achieve clinical outcomes that exceed industry standards.
