Every aspect of their life, including their social interaction, is threatened. Their whole life changes: their memory, problem solving skills, speech, swallowing, not to mention all the physical things, like paralysis, that affect them. |
It's been our goal for several years to treat the whole patient, to work as a team, as opposed to individuals, to find out what the patient did at home and to incorporate that activity into therapy. |
That's a challenge for our rehab specialists because our patients are more fragile and they work at a slower pace. |
The unique thing about rehab is that we measure everything about patient function. We are literally compared with units all over the country. When you look at patients with a similar diagnosis, same age and similar ailments, our outcomes are very high. |