Each assistant director or supervisor in charge of a cost center will define collaboratively the program needs with the director and the appropriate health care team members. The director will work collaboratively with the assistant director, supervisors, program team members and the responsible vice president to determine the FTEs and appropriate mix of staff to provide quality care. This department is staffed by physical therapists, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapists, and support staff. The Acute Care Department provides comprehensive evaluations and treatments for a wide variety of patients referred primarily from Orthopedics, Medicine, Neurology, General and Plastic Surgery, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, and Rheumatology. Services provided include gait training, therapeutic exercise, hydrotherapy for wound care, modalities, ADL retraining, perceptual and cognitive retraining, splinting, and early rehabilitation.
Physical therapy is provided on weekends and all holidays for hydrotherapy and priority treatments.
Occupational therapy is provided on Saturday for priority treatments. Inpatient Rehab Services on the third floor of the Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation , provides occupational and physical therapy through a team approach to patients admitted to the unit. The Rehab service is staffed by physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, and support staff. The Rehab service receives patient referrals primarily from Neurosurgery, Neurology, General Surgery, Trauma, Rheumatology, Orthopedics, and Geriatrics. The Brain Injury Unit is staffed by physical therapists, occupational therapists, support staff.