Patient and Family: The family is encouraged to become actively involved with a patient’s rehabilitation program to make it more successful. A disability to one member of the family affects the entire family. Primary caregivers may attend therapy sessions at any time.
Rehabilitation Physician: A medical doctor who serves as the attending physician while the patient is in the inpatient unit. The physician provides ongoing management of medical and rehabilitation needs.
Rehabilitation Nurse: A specialized nurse trained to provide for the prevention of complication from physical disability, promotes independence and adaptation to an altered lifestyle through collaboration with the patient, family, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Social Worker: The social worker serves as the patient’s case manager and the liaison between the patient/family, team and outside agencies such as insurance companies or medical equipment providers. Also, the social worker acts as an advocate for the patient and provides individual counseling as needed.
Neuropsychologists: Assist patients and families to understand the nature of their disability. In addition they help a patient minimize factors that impair his/her rehabilitation potential and facilitate the emotional adjustment following a loss of function.
Occupational Therapist (OT): Assists patient in regaining independence with daily activities of eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, home management. The therapist develops home exercise programs and makes recommendations for equipment for bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom.
Physical Therapist (PT): Assists patients with restoring their functional mobility. The therapist also works to promote patient’s physical function.
Speech/Language Therapist (SLP): Assists those patients with communication or swallowing impairments by evaluating needs, designing an individual treatment plan and assisting families and staff with severely impaired patients.
Therapeutic Therapist (TR): Uses leisure and recreational activities to assist patients in maximizing independence and functional goals. In addition to adapting or modifying a patient’s past and present leisure interests, the therapist provides information on community resources and address community re-entry skills.
Chaplain: Provides spiritual support to patients and families during their stay.
