Volunteer work with the city physicians and nurses resulted in the sponsorship of the first crippled children's clinic in Western Michigan. The Hospital has 80 patient beds. Services are directed toward the physical, psychological, social and vocational restoration and adjustment of the physically challanged individual.
Programs consist of evaluation, treatment, education, training and placement of the individual.
Originally a music therapy program, it was reorganized in 1965 to include both recreation and music activities. The recreational therapist uses a wide variety of group and individual leisure time programs as a means of bringing about resocialization, overcoming self-conciousness and developingthe confidence of the patient to pursue interests and special skills. The Recreational Therapy Program supplements the basic therapy programs to assure that all this time becomes an integral part of the rehabilitation process. The hospital provides comprehensive and rehabilitative services to physically handicapped children and adults. Its individualized treatment programs are designed to restore to each patient the highest level of independence.