Vocational and career services. Returning patients to the workforce and restoring their productivity and self-esteem are among UPMC Rehabilitation Hospital's primary goals. The rehabilitation team attempts to build on patients' vocational experiences, identify their career goals, and search for training or adaptation to achieve those goals. Re-entry into the workforce is one measure of a successful acute rehabilitation program. Peer counseling program.
Peers can answer new patients' questions, provide moral support, and teach by example.
Family visitation center. A furnished studio apartment is available to patients and families as the date for discharge approaches. Located inside UPMC Rehabilitation Hospital, the apartment provides a place for families to spend private time together and acclimate themselves to new life circumstances in a setting where help is close by if needed. With the guidance and direction of the attending physician, the case manager assumes primary responsibility for providing an integrated and coordinated treatment program for each patient. The case manager facilitates regular patient staffing meetings and family conferences to make treatment decisions, report progress, and develop plans for each patient.