Physical Therapy / Rehabilitation

• Physical therapy to increase strength, endurance and mobility
• Occupational therapy to help with activities of daily living in the home, work and community
• Speech therapy to improve communication, cognitive skills and swallowing disorders
• Counseling for emotional support
• Outings to foster community reintegration and to build confidence
• Nutrition services
• Educational sessions

• Physiatrist/physician
• Occupational therapist
• Physical therapist
• Rehabilitation coordinator
• Rehabilitation nurses
• Rehabilitation psychologist/counselor
• Speech and language pathologist
• Dietitian
• Other specialized rehabilitative staff

Throughout the admission and discharge process, a rehabilitation coordinator serves as a patient and family liaison, facilitates progress reviews, helps with the patient's transition from our facility, and coordinates home care services.

Our team will review and assess your patient/family member before admission to ensure your patient meets requirements for Inpatient Rehabilitation. A person maybe admitted from the hospital setting, emergency room, an observation unit, another facility, or directly from home. Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation does not require a full three-day stay at a short-term hospital.

To qualify for admission, patients must:

• Have medical necessity (conditions that require ongoing medical management)
• Require rehabilitation physician supervision (at least 3 visits per week)
• Require a minimum of two therapies (PT, OT, or ST)
• Be able to complete a minimum of three hours of therapy daily a minimum of five to seven days per week (3 hours/day, 5 days/week)
• Require 24-hour rehabilitation nursing interventions and assessments by specially trained rehabilitation nurses
• Demonstrate the willingness to actively participate in an intensive rehabilitation program
• Demonstrate ability to make significant practical improvement in a reasonable period of time and have realistic goals of returning home

Every referral we receive is given consideration. Every admission decision is made on a number of factors and reviewed on an individual basis.

Best option for patients who:

• Would benefit from more intensive physical involvement including consultation with specialists (urology, hospitalists, cardiology, etc…)
• Can tolerate and benefit from at least three hours of therapy daily
• Have the potential to learn how to care for themselves
• Have moderate to severe disability
• Would benefit from round-the-clock skilled nursing
• Have comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure

We also treat:

• Impaired physical mobility
• Self-care deficits (bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting)
• Impaired cognition
• Sensory-perceptual deficits
• Impaired communication
• Potential for injury secondary to physical limitations
• Impaired safety/awareness/judgment
• Impaired swallowing
• Environmental factors for community re-integration
• Adaptive equipment use
• Debility

Inpatient Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program
1-866-320-4211
Fax 505-913-6021

Patient Referral Process
The following documents are needed to expedite the patient’s referral to our Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

• Physician’s order with patient’s diagnosis to Inpatient Rehab
• Patient’s demographic information, including primary and secondary insurance
• Contact information for referral source
• History and Physical
• Current Progress Notes and/or Consultations
• Current Vital Signs, Labs, Radiology and Medications
• Current Physical/Occupational/Speech and Language Therapy Notes

Inpatient Rehab Nurse Liaison Contact Information
Kay Miller 505-913-5376
Philomena Teeley 505-913-3678