Rehab Select Blog

If you are recovering from an injury or surgery, you may need to undergo physical therapy in order to ensure a proper and quick recovery. This physical rehabilitation can be performed via inpatient rehab or outpatient rehab.

In some cases inpatient rehab, which requires you to stay within a facility in order to undergo physical therapy treatment, will be necessary to properly treat patients recovering from more serious injuries. However, some patients may have the option of undergoing physical therapy outside of such a facility – outpatient rehab.

If you plan to use the services of a short term rehab program as a means of ensuring your best recovery after surgery, choosing a top-notch program that delivers quality care is essential to meeting that goal. One of the most important factors to consider in order to assess the quality of care you can expect from such a program is the patient to staff ratio of that program. What is the patient to staff ratio and why is it so important?

Case managers play an important role in our health care system – a role that has expanded greatly over the last several decades. So what does a case manager do? Case managers are professionals who specialize in overseeing and organizing the case management process, which is, according to the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, "a process of assessing, planning, organizing, coordinating, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the services and resources needed to respond to an individual's health care needs."

Millions of Americans provide daily care for aging and chronically ill family members, friends and neighbors – care that can enable these individuals to remain in their own homes and communities and enrich the quality of their lives. If you are a caregiver, you know that it can be a very rewarding experience but can also be physically and emotionally draining. That's why it's very important for caregivers to have an occasional break. Respite care offers caregivers resources for meeting that need, providing the help they need to carve out a little time to recharge.

If you are in the process of planning a surgical procedure or have recently had an unexpected surgery as a result of an injury, cardiac event or other acute medical incident, post operative rehabilitation is an issue that you will be concerned with during your recovery period. After serious procedures your health care team may suggest a short term rehab facility for your post-op rehab, which will provide intensive rehabilitation therapy in an inpatient setting. If so, there are a number of factors to consider as you weigh that advice.

Short term rehabilitation programs are an important component of heath care, providing essential support to patients as they recover after serious medical events. Hospitals and physicians routinely recommend rehab programs for patients who, while no longer in need of acute medical care in a hospital, are not yet fully recovered and require additional therapy and care. What do these patients need to consider as they explore their rehabilitation options?

Many patients who have been recommended short term rehab after a serious surgical procedure are reluctant to follow that advice, even after hearing its reasons – safer, faster, and more complete recoveries as compared to outpatient or home-based rehabilitation services – explained in detail. So why the reluctance? Often it is rooted in common misconceptions about inpatient rehab. Here we'll outline some of the most common misconceptions that may discourage patients from seeking the most effective and efficient rehabilitative treatment after surgery.

Effective rehabilitation therapy is crucial in the recovery of knee and hip replacement patients, helping them to regain strength, flexibility, and mobility, speed recovery, and avoid complications. However, patients are generally offered several short term rehab options as they work to plan their procedures with their health care team. For the average patient, who will have limited experience with rehabilitation therapy, choosing among these options can be confusing. Knowing what you can expect from the most common rehab options can make choosing a lot easier, so here we'll go over those details.

If you are having knee replacement surgery in the near future, you have probably already been told that effective follow-up care is essential to a great outcome. In fact, the care and therapy you receive after surgery can be just as important to a successful outcome as the procedure itself. So how does the average patient go about picking the right follow-up care after knee replacement surgery?

If you have had orthopedic surgery or are planning a procedure, your health care team has likely suggested short term rehabilitation to aid in your recovery. People who participate in rehab programs after orthopedic surgery – especially those who have had joint replacement procedures or surgeries to repair hip fractures – tend to have better outcomes than those who don't. Here we'll look into how these programs can lead to faster, more complete, and more comfortable recovery from orthopedic surgery.