Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital offers specialized rehabilitative programs and care for patients experiencing physical, functional, and/or communication impairments. At HealthSouth rehabilitation center every patient is attended by a team of rehabilitation professionals from various disciplines who work towards a common goal of optimum functionality level achievement.

With the use of latest technology, updated research knowledge, and expertise; the team at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital has been able to exhibit that rehabilitation is actually possible and that it helps to improve quality of life.

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital is part of "HealthSouth Hospitals and Outpatient Centers". The hospital has its centers located throughout Central Pennsylvania. All these facilities are committed towards helping individuals to recover to their maximum level of functional independence. All these facilities are accredited by Joint commission and certified by Medicare. The State of Pennsylvania has licensed them with permission to operate these facilities in the state. The hospital is also an active member of 'Hospital Association of Pennsylvania' and 'Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities'.

This Pennsylvania rehab center offers various services broadly under the category of:

• Inpatient care programs
• Outpatient care programs
• Long term acute care programs

Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs

Under this category, the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital provides specialized care for patients with diverse diagnosis. The hospital is accredited by JCAHO and has over 200 physicians on staff for a 55 bed acute-rehabilitation provision.

These programs include:

• Pre- and post- prosthesis Amputee Rehabilitation program
• CVA / Stroke rehabilitation
• Brain injury rehabilitation program
• Multi-trauma rehabilitation program
• Neurology rehabilitation program
• Orthopedics rehabilitation program
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation program

These programs are designed to treat following diagnosis:

• CVA (Stroke)
• Amputations
• Hip fractures
• Multiple traumatic injuries
• Congenital disorders
• Brain injuries
• Neurological disorders
• Spinal cord injury
• Osteoarthritis

In additional to above mentioned conditions, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital also provides treatment for following functional restrictions:

• Swallowing
• Mobility
• Bowel / bladder training
• Locomotion
• Cognition
• Communication
• Self care
• Socialization

Therapeutic objectives:

All these programs are designed keeping therapeutic objectives in mind which include:

• Reduce complications
• Increase strength, stamina and sustainability
• Enhance patient's functional abilities
• Patient and family education and training
• Community re-integration

Long term acute care programs
Under this category, the hospital offers following programs:

• Medically complex program
• Pulmonary care programs
• Ventilator program
• Wound care program

• Cardiovascular disease
• Cognitive heart failure
• Diabetes
• Organ transplant care
• Multiple body system complications
• Infectious diseases
• Skin ulcers and skin diseases
• Traumatic wounds and burns
• Renal failure and hemodialysis treatment
• Ventilator dependency

Outpatient Care Programs

The outpatient care services, programs and clinics by HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital are JCAHO accredited. These programs are available for different age groups such as adolescents, adults, pediatrics and geriatric patients.

Various programs under this classification include:

• L.I.F.E. (Living Independently in functional Environments): LIFE services are geared to increase life quality and optimize functional independence.
• Pain Clinic: It focuses on pain management and reduction. Under this program, the hospital offers medical services as provided by a physician or an anesthesiologist.
• Pediatrics: This program is dedicated towards providing services for children including everyone from newborns to mature adolescents.
• Therapeutic and medical Services: These services include:

• Physical therapy
  
• Occupational therapy
  
• Speech / language therapy
  
• Case management
  
• Industrial therapy

With such a wide-array of diagnoses, patients who receive rehabilitation from HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital get better faster, and progress to a higher level of function.