 The comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation program helps you gain your independence after a debilitating injury or illness, such as a stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease, and others.
Your doctor may recommend short-term therapy in a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit before you are able to return to your home.The Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit stay is a separate stay covered by Medicare and most insurance companies.
The CRU serves patients who have suffered functional loss due to a disabling illness or injury, including the following:
- Stroke
- Hip Fractures and Replacements
- Amputations
- Closed Head Injury
- Polyarthritis
- Congenital Deformities
- Multiple Trauma
- Brain Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Orthopedic Impairments
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson's Disease
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit Admission Criteria
- Physical impairment limits functional activity
- Assistance is required in activities of daily living, energy conservation, use of adaptive equipment, mobility, application of safety techniques, and cognitive functioning
- Disability is of recent onset or recent progression
- Intensive rehabilitation services are required and patient has not been previously exposed to rehabilitation or there has been a significant change in the patient's condition
- Evidence exists of potential for functional gain resulting from a program of intensified rehabilitation
- The patient is medically stable and requires 24 hour rehabilitation nursing care
- There has been a referral to the rehabilitation program from a physician or case manager
- The patient has been screened and approved for admission via the pre-admission screen process
- The patient can benefit from rehabilitation services
- And/or the patient has one of the following functional impairments:
-decreased mobility
-decreased self-care skills
-decreased problem solving ability
-decreased cognitive ability
-loss of bowel and bladder control
- The patient must be able to tolerate 3 hours of therapy; patients can be admitted for a 3 to 10 day evaluation of rehab potential
- The patient requires at least two therapies (typically PT and OT)
For more information concerning Duncan Regional Hospital's Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit please call 580-251-8100.
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