Rehab Services: Designing A Care Plan

Getting Well: Designing a Care Plan

Our rehab team evaluates every patient’s strengths and abilities , then develops a unique, personalized plan to restore physical independence. Our care plans address everything from walking and balance therapy to leisure skills and self-care, as well as meal planning, driving and social and financial services.

Care includes:

• Mobility training
• Functional strength and endurance
• Movement control
• Balance and coordination activities
• Flexibility
• Transfer skills
• Walking and balance training
• Seating and positioning for wheelchair use
• Wheelchair mobility skills
• Self-care training: Eating, Grooming, Bathing, Dressing, Toileting
• Independent living skills
• Meal planning and preparation
• Money management
• Transportation
• Community re-entry skills
• Equipment and training
• Prescriptions for adaptive medical equipment and devices including custom orthotics and prosthetics
• Home accessibility and safety recommendations
• Nutrition and swallowing management
• Nutritional health assessment and diet counseling
• Swallowing assessment and management
• Returning to leisure Leisure education and skills
• Training in community-related activities
• Community resource development
• Returning to work or school
• Advice on Americans with Disabilities Act rights
• Referrals for vocational rehabilitation services
• Counseling for goals, resources and rights
• Team focus on work and school goals
• Speech-language interventions
• Comprehension Verbal and written expression
• Voice, articulation, intelligibility
• Alternative methods of communication
• Cognitive testing and management
• Attention and concentration skills
• Memory and learning
• Problem-solving skills
• Counseling Therapy for adjustment to illness or injury
• Techniques for pain and stress management Information and resources for questions about sexual functioning
• Social services
• Financial issues
• Housing
• Community agency referrals
  
  Every patient has a case manager assigned to them who coordinates care and services from admission through discharge. They act as a personal liaison helping patients and families through the CRU experience, coordinated care and discharge planning.

For more information, contact the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit at (941) 917-7622 .