Being a patient in a hospital is not the same as being a patient at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. It is important to understand how your experience at Brooks will be unique.
Your rehabilitation team
At Brooks, one of our board-certified physiatrists—a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation—is in charge of your care, instead of your surgeon or family doctor. This means that decisions about your care such as medicines, lab work and therapy are made by the rehabilitation doctor.
Our goal is to assist you in improving your physical function and independence. In order to achieve this, you will be getting dressed every morning in your own clothes and working hard in therapy to strengthen your muscles and endurance and to improve your mobility. You will also be participating in your own care as much as possible, instead of having the nurse or therapist do things for you. Rest assured, though, our staff will assist you in any way when it is necessary. We not only have an outstanding nursing ratio of one nurse to every five patients, but we also have the most Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses in the region. Through hard work, you will become ready to return to your home or next stage of recovery.
The right amount of therapy
Intensive therapy helps patients improve more quickly and function more independently than would otherwise be possible. That’s why each weekday, adult patients receive three or more hours of personally supervised therapy during their inpatient stay. Children may receive five to six hours of therapy a day. Depending on your unique needs, you may participate in a variety of therapies during that time, including physical, occupational, speech, cognitive or aquatic therapy. Your therapy is spaced throughout the day with meals, nursing care and breaks at regular intervals. Additional therapy and recreational activities are provided on weekends.
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All hospital patients have a case manager who helps to facilitate their treatment. These case managers draw on the recommendations of physicians and therapists to determine when you are ready to be discharged from the hospital. If you are not able to return to your home, they will help you transition into the next level of care that you require.
We also offer the added support of a patient advocate. Serving an increasingly important role in the medical community, your patient advocate is devoted to giving you the best individualized care possible and helping you to address any issues that might arise during your rehabilitation treatment. Such conscientious care helps you to focus all of your attention on the most important task—healing.
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A more inspiring environment
Our entire hospital was uniquely designed for rehabilitation. Familiar street signs and dramatic murals make patients and visitors feel at home, but also help with orientation and guidance. Color-coded floor tiles and hallways named after local areas make it easy for patients to remember where their rooms are and how to get there. All showers are roll-in, so that patients who are confined to a wheelchair can easily bathe. Our aquatic therapy pool is also equipped with wheelchair access. The large therapy gym is complete with a kitchen designed to help patients prepare for their return home. And the elevators even feature mirrors so wheelchair patients can view the space around them.
Find out more about the patient experience in our online Patient Guide.