Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit 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.