Rehabilitation Services at PIH Health

In health care, rehabilitation is a specialty that helps patients to keep, get back, or improve skills and functions of daily living which have been lost or impaired due to illness or injury.

For example, after a heart attack, cardiac rehabilitation will improve overall health and increase strength and endurance while helping patients to live better, managing their heart conditions.

Rehabilitation can be categorized into inpatient, outpatient and home health. Click the links to get more information about each of the rehabilitation services listed below.  

Patients who need rehabilitation during a regular hospital stay are visited by a therapist to help regain strength and ability prior to discharge

The Transitional Care Unit is a separate patient care area that is specially licensed for patients who need additional rehabilitation before returning home from a hospital stay.

The Acute Rehabilitation Center is another area within the hospital that provides specialized rehabilitation outside of a regular hospital stay for patients who may require more therapies before going home.

Home Health services are prescribed by a physician to help with rehabilitation after an illness, injury, hospital stay or surgery, or to help manage a chronic medical condition. Therapies include:

• Occupational therapy – Helps you eat, dress, bathe and groom more independently
• Physical therapy – Helps you rebuild strength and motion so you can move more easily and comfortably
• Speech and swallowing therapy – Builds skills to help you communicate and swallow more easily

Outpatient rehabilitation treatments reduce pain, gain mobility, or improve balance or swallowing. Our licensed therapists work together to create your personalized rehab plan. We’ll show you ways to strengthen and stretch muscles, reduce swelling and regain function. You may benefit from:

• Hand therapy – Treats problems that affect your arm, elbow, forearm, hand, shoulder and wrist
• Lymphedema therapy – Manages swelling caused by excess lymph fluid
• Occupational therapy – Helps you eat, dress, bathe and groom more independently
• Physical therapy – Helps you rebuild strength and motion so you can move more easily and regain function for activities of daily living
• Speech and swallowing therapy – Builds skills to help you communicate and swallow more easily

To learn more about all the various rehabilitation services available at PIH Health, please visit, PIHHealth.org/Rehab