Patient / Visitor Information

Admission Criteria

INPATIENT

1- The patient is:

1. Medically stable.
2. Responsive to verbal and /or visual stimuli.
3. Mentally alert enough to participate in the rehabilitation program.
4. Pre-morbid function indicates a potential for rehabilitation.
5. Expected to improve in a reasonable amount of time.
6. Adequately insured or have resources to cover the cost of treatment.
7. In possession of a viable discharge disposition plan.
8. In need of medical supervision by a physician with specialized training in rehabilitation and must require twenty-four (24) hour nursing and other rehabilitation services.

2- A patient in the rehabilitation program must demonstrate impairment in two (2) or more of the following:

1. Cognitive function (attention span, memory, intelligence)
2. Communication (aphasia with major receptive or expressive dysfunction)
3. Continence (bowel and bladder)
4. Mobility (transfers, walking, climbing stairs, wheelchairs, braces, prosthetics)
5. Perceptual motor function (spatial orientation, depth or distance perception)
6. Self-care activities (drinking or eating, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene)
7. Self-safety (patient is likely to suffer medical complications, or patient cannot safely live independently)

3- The patient must need all of the following services:

1. Close supervision by a physician.
2. Twenty-four (24) hour skilled rehabilitation nursing care or supervision.
3. At least three (3) hours daily physical, occupational, speech therapy, and/or psychotherapy.
4. Interdisciplinary team evaluation weekly.

4- The following patients will not knowingly be admitted into this facility:

1. Patients who have displayed or threatened to display severe behavior that may endanger themselves, other patients, or hospital personnel
2. Patients with suicidal tendencies
3. Patients with drug addiction (severe cases)
4. Patients with active tuberculosis

5- Discharge Criteria

1. The medical/ clinical condition is not stable enough to permit relative continuity of an intensive program.
2. Team goals have been met.
3. There has been no significant functional improvement for two (2) consecutive weeks.
4. There is no longer the requirement for the intensity of inpatient services, and can reach goals through outpatient therapy or home health care services.
5. The patient refuses to participate in the therapy program on a regular basis, preventing progress toward stated goals.
6. Acute hospitalization is required.

DAY HOSPITAL/DAY TREATMENT

1. Day Treatment Admissions Criteria:

1. Patient must be medically stable and able to tolerate the intensity of at least three hours of therapy per day.
2. Patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric will be accepted (pediatric patients may require accompaniment by a parent or guardian).
3. Patient has potential to make functional gains at least every two (2) weeks,
4. Family willingness to be involved in program.

2. Discharge Criteria for Day Treatment.

1. When the patient's medical/clinical condition is not stable enough to permit relative continuity of an intensive program.
2. When the patient is independent or when functional improvement has been demonstrated that meets team goals.
3. Progress is sufficient over a period of time.
4. When patient no longer requires two or more therapies.
5. When patient refuses to participate in the therapy program on a regular basis.

OUTPATIENT

1. Outpatient Admission Criteria:

1. Patient must be medically stable.
2. Patient will be free of severe behavior disorders or pre-injury psychiatric disorder, which may interfere with rehabilitation treatment.
3. Patient requires only 1-2 therapies.

2. Outpatient Discharge Criteria.

1. When the patient's medical/clinical condition is not stable enough to permit relative continuity of an intensive program.
2. When the patient is independent or when functional improvement has been demonstrated that meets therapy goals.
3. Progress is sufficient over a period of time.

3. Patients may move into different programs and/or levels as they meet the appropriate admission and discharge criteria.

1. Functional Restoration/Chronic Pain Management
2. Brain Injury
3. Pulmonary

DIAGNOSES

Generally primary admitting diagnoses include, but are not limited, to the following:

1. Stroke
2. Spinal Cord Injury/Disease (recent or old)
3. Congenital Deformity
4. Amputation (recent or old, major upper or lower extremity)
5. Major multiple trauma (Musculoskeletal)
6. Fractured femur (hip or major traumatic)
7. Brain Injury (traumatic or non-traumatic)
8. Severe deforming polyarthritis/ rheumatoid
9. Neurological Disorders (multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, polyneuropathy, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's, polio, myopathy, and Guillian-Barre).
10. Status post burns (with musculoskeletal complications)
11. Major joint replacement
12. Debilitation
13. Chronic pulmonary conditions
14. Chronic pain

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