Acute Rehabilitation Center
To rehabilitate is to restore to good health and useful life, through therapy and education. Rehabilitation, therefore, means that through therapy, training and guidance, one is returned to a better state of health and a higher level of independent living.
Westview Hospital Acute Rehabilitation Center is supported by staff physicians and other multidisciplinary health care professionals who collaborate to help patients regain function or skills lost due to injury or disability.
A treatment plan is developed for each patient after the team assesses the patient's needs and current level of functioning. Patients take an active role in helping the team develop their treatment plan.
- Medical Support Team:
- Our medical director is a physiatrist. (A physiatrist specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.) The patient will be evaluated upon admission, and an appropriate treatment plan will be prescribed. The physician will manage the patient's medical needs and coordinate care with his/her primary physician if needed, attend meetings and conferences with staff members, patients and families, and provide the program with 24-hour coverage.
Rehabilitation Therapies:
- Physical Therapy:
- The therapist and patient set goals leading toward improvement in strength, endurance, mobility and self-confidence.
- Occupational Therapy:
- O.T. helps functionally link together the activities of daily living learned through the rehabilitation process.
- Speech & Language Therapy:
- This therapy provides treatment for patients with language, voice and swallowing disorders, as well as memory and "thinking" disorders, which can affect one's ability to function independently.
- Recreational Therapy:
- Recreational therapists lead activities and crafts used to help redevelop and refine skills.
- Renal Care:
- Our nephrologists offer diagnosis and treatment for renal diseases including acute renal failure (kidney failure), fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, acid-base abnormalities, hypertension (benign and malignant), gout, nephrotic syndrome, evaluation of renal stones (kidney stones), evaluation of hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, hypercalcemia and related topics.
- Hemodialysis:
- Westview Hospital's Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Center offers people living with kidney failure a convenient treatment option without having to leave our facility. Kidney failure is increasing nationally at a rate of 10 percent to 12 percent each year. In fact, more than 230,000 Americans undergo dialysis each year. Hemodialysis is used to clean the body's waste products from the blood after the kidneys have failed. The blood travels through tubes to a dialyzer, a machine that removes wastes and extra fluid. The cleaned blood then goes back into the body.