Imagine a hospital in the Wichita area that concentrates on getting its patients into the best condition possible to return to everyday life. Their goal is to get patients who have been through stroke, serious injury, amputation, chronic illness, cardiac difficulty, brain injury, and other physical and cognitive challenges to a point where they can experience the highest level possible of social, emotional, and physical well-being. Wesley Rehab stresses that its purpose is to get people out of the hospital. In Wesley Rehab, patients wear their regular clothes and not hospital gowns. Patients are encouraged to get out of their rooms and roam around a majority of the building.
Patients have the ability to go outside with a staff member and to go to the nearby shopping center.
They want to give patients the ability to maintain personal freedom and to feel helped instead of restricted. One of the great things about Wesley Rehab is the rehabilitation team. Unlike acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals provide certified rehabilitation nurses who are more familiar with physical therapy. Another unique and necessary position at the rehab hospital is the occupational therapist. Wesley Rehab has good therapy resources as well.