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About Your Rehab Team
Inpatient rehabilitation draws on the strengths and special training of many different healthcare professionals. You may see all or a handful of the following during your stay at BryanLGH:
- The medical director is a physician specially trained in rehabilitation who coordinates your overall treatment and recovery process.
- The rehabilitation nurses give you around-the-clock personal care and support and teach you and your family more about your abilities and treatments. Your nurse has completed additional training in rehabilitation and is a good resource for answers to your questions.
- Physical therapists help improve your ability to perform activities such as moving in bed, transferring in and out of a wheelchair, and standing and walking. Depending on your ability, your physical therapists may train you to use braces, artificial limbs or a mobility device such as a walker.
- Speech pathologists help improve swallowing, speaking, reading, writing and thinking to facilitate a safe return to your job, home, school and/or community.
- Occupational therapists focus on improving your everyday living skills, including bathing, dressing, cooking and performing job-related tasks. These therapists also work with cognitive skills (the way you think) and help you increase strength and coordination in your arms and hands.
- A social worker explores with you the many changes in your life brought about by your illness or disability and how to deal with these issues.
- A discharge planning specialist will help you and your family make arrangements for your safe transition home or to the next level of care.
- Other members of your rehabilitation team may include a recreational therapist, respiratory therapist, dietitian, pharmacist, vocational counselor, an orthotist, who designs and fits braces, and prosthetist, who creates and fits artificial limbs.
