Rehabilitation Services (Acute)

Rehab Specialties

Our AREAS OF EXPERTISE include, but are not limited, to the following:

Brain Injury secondary to Trauma: Most patients have mild to moderate injury. Damage to the brain results in outcomes that are often difficult to predict. Brain injury rehabilitation focuses on:

  • Motor skills
  • The ability to care for oneself 
  • Communication 
  • Behavior 
  • Cognitive Dysfunction. 
  • Coping and adjustment skills 
  • Community re-entry and driving assessment

Neurological Disorders: This category includes various conditions affecting peripheral and central nervous systems.

  • Stroke
  • Intracranial bleeding and ruptured aneurysm 
  • Guillian Barre Syndrome 
  • Peripheral Neuropathy 
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) 
  • Adult Cerebral Palsy 
  • Parkinson's Disease 
  • Multiple Sclerosis 
  • Brain Tumors and Neuro Oncology

Acture Rehabilitation Services at Swedish Medical Center

Top Performers! Swedish Acute Rehabilitation was named a "Top Performer" by the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDS-PRO). This award is for Outstanding Rehabilitation Program Performance. Swedish's program is in the top 10% of all UDS-PRO subscribers (nearly 900 facilities). USD-PRO is the most widely used system in the world for documenting the severity of patient disability and outcomes of medical rehabilitation.

Acute care rehabilitation is an advanced form of care that aggressively helps patients progress toward their recovery after a serious injury.

What does Swedish Acute Rehab offer?

  • A continuum of care for trauma, neurological and other patients,
  • 20-bed Acute Care Rehabilitation Unit.
  • A team approach to help patients reach their maximum level of functioning and independence and enable them to return home or to a less intensive-care setting.
  • Interdisciplinary care that include nursing as well as occupational, physical and speech and language therapies.
  • Physiatrists - doctors who specialize in rehabilitation - work with other specialty physicians as well to ensure continuity of care.
  • Treatment seven days a week for patients with many diagnoses, conditions, diseases and therapy needs. An individual plan based on his/her needs, which often includes intensive therapy for a minimum of three hours per day in accordance with CMS and or CARF standards.

 

Given Swedish's Level I Trauma Center and nationally recognized Stroke Center, the Acute Rehabilitation Unit has developed a unique niche of expertise in treating stroke survivors, people recovering from traumatic brain injury and ortho-trauma patients.

Insurance Approval for Rehabilitation Services

Need assistance with insurance approval for treatment? Call 303-788-5963 for help getting therapy cleared through insurance company.

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