Patient Care and Support
Person who volunteers 16-20 hours a month on the rehabilitation unit?
Who is Larry?
An inpatient setting that is designed to improve function and independence, requiring 3 hours of therapy per day, 5 days a week, 24 hours of skilled nursing, and specialized physician oversight
What is Acute Rehabilitation (IRF- inpatient rehabilitation facility)
This discipline is in house to coordinate discharge needs along with social and family support.
What is Social Work?
Patients and families have hundreds of these as they settle into the reality of dealing with a new diagnosis.
What are questions?
A written plan which specifies the scope, frequency, and duration of services which is signed by a physician or nurse practitioner.
What is a Plan of Care?
Person (or persons) responsible for answering a patient call light.
Who is everyone?
Therapist with goal to improve overall strength, balance, coordination, mobility, and safety.
Who are Physical Therapists?
Number of hours required per week of therapy in an IRF setting
What is 15
This type of care is based on medical or "skilled" services, including nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and social work.
What is Rehab?
Therapist with emphasis on developing skills needed to perform day-to-day activities.
Who are Occupational Therapists?
People in house 24/7 for medical management needs.
What are Rehabilitation Nurses and ancillary staff?
Any loss, absent or impaired physical or mental function
What is a disability?
Term used for the collaboration of multiple clinical departments working together in an IRF setting.
What is interdisciplinary
Therapist helps to improve memory, cognition, and swallow deficits in patients.
Who are Speech therapists?
Available 7 days a week to coordinate the aspects of admissions and manage patient treatment plan throughout stay.
Who is the IRF Medical Director?
Offers a patient centered systemic approach to planning the appropriate goals, therapy and medical services, and time frame needed to provide the best patient outcomes
What is the Multidisciplinary or Interdisciplinary Approach
Muscle weakness, paralysis, communication issues, or swallowing problems.
What are possible complications of a stroke?
Empathetic, Knowledgeable, skilled, compassionate, and Ethical
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