Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches recently held a ribbon cutting to open its new rehabilitation unit located inside the specialty hospital. The acute rehabilitation unit (ARU) helps adults who have experienced a loss of function or disability due to injury or illness.
The 11-bed ARU features all-private rooms for patients recovering from conditions that include stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedic injury, neurological conditions, amputation, respiratory and pulmonary illness, and trauma. The new unit provides the intensive, interdisciplinary clinical and rehabilitation services necessary for improved function and independence, facilitating patients’ recovery so they can be discharged and return to their homes.
“First and foremost, this ARU adds essential inpatient rehabilitation services to an area with significant need,” said Jerry Creighton, COO and CCO of Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches. “This complementary service helps our patients and those referred to our ARU recover and, ideally, return home with the strength and ability to live more independently. It gives our hospital the ability to provide a broader range of acute-level, physician-led rehabilitation care while avoiding the disruption of transferring a patient to a separate facility. Patients who proceed through this continuum of care are more likely to recover sooner. We believe we can deliver better outcomes with these enhanced capabilities, expertise, and clinical integration, all under one roof.”
The ARU features large interdisciplinary gyms, designated rooms for dining and activities, outdoor areas that allow patients to practice ambulating or meet with family and friends, and specialty programs dedicated to neuro, stroke, brain injury, and amputation.
ARU patients receive a minimum of three hours of therapy each day for at least five days a week under the direction of a physiatrist, a doctor specialized in rehabilitation and physical medicine, and 24/7 nursing care. Services include physical, occupational, and speech therapy; physiatry, internal medicine, and medical/surgical consultations; rehabilitation nursing; nutritional services; and a dedicated pharmacy. The rehabilitation unit is available to Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches patients as well as patients from other healthcare providers in the community.
The new ARU is managed and staffed by Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a trusted operator of more than 40 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and 250 hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical/surgical and outpatient therapy settings nationwide.
