Patient Resources

What is Rehabilitation?

Rehabilitation is a service that can help people regain body functions they lost due to medical conditions or injury.

Who Needs Rehabilitation?

Persons who are limited in their overall functional ability due to injury or disease need rehabilitation. This includes:

• Brain disorders such as stroke and aneurysm  
• Neurologic disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease
• Injuries such as multiple trauma, spinal cord and traumatic brain injury and amputation
• Other disabilities resulting from chronic diseases  

Financial Information

Upon your admission you will be notified of your insurance coverage. Our Care Coordinator or Admission Coordinator will be contacting your insurance company regarding your benefits.

Typically, if you have Medicare and a co-insurance or gap-filler policy, they cover 100% for the first 60 days of your total hospital stay, including acute medical care and inpatient rehabilitation.  If you have a private insurance, coverage can vary depending on your insurance company and plan.  We will contact your insurance provider and then discuss your coverage with you, including number of days approved, your deductible, your out-of-pocket expense and your benefits, such as skilled nursing facility benefits, durable medical equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, braces and bathroom equipment) and outpatient (therapy) coverage. Care management will update your insurance company weekly of your progress.

Patient and Family Resources

TriHealth Resources

• TriHealth Fitness and Health Pavilion
• TriHealth PROS
• TriHealth Outpatient Physical Therapy
• TriHealth Palliative Care
• TriHealth Senior Services

Community Resources

• Download a complete list (PDF)

Research Studies

The University of Cincinnati is offering a 6-week arm and hand rehabilitation study. To quality, you must:

• Be age 18 or older
• Have hand/arm weakness on one side of your body
  because of a stroke
• Have had your stroke 3-12 months ago

More information: Call the NET Recovery Lab (513 558 7487) or email netlab@uc.edu

Useful Websites

Accessibility

• ada.gov
  Americans with Disabilities Act

Assistive Technology

• Smarthome.com
  Home Automation Superstore
• Epill.com
  Medication reminders
• Independentliving.com
  Independent Living Aids

Education

• MLAnet.org User's Guide
  User's Guide, Medical Library Association
• Nextstepincare.org
  Next Step in Care
• Stroke.org Guide
  Hope: A Stroke Recovery Guide
• Stroke.org Magazine
  Stroke Smart Magazine

Emergency Preparedness

• Disability.gov
  Emergency preparedness
• Disability911.gov
  For people with disabilities
• Amputee-coalition.org
  For amputees

Evidence-Based Practice and Research

• Ncddr.org
  National Center for Dissemination of Disability Research
• Rehabresearch.va.org
  Rehabilitation Research and Development
• Stroke.ahajournals.org
  American Heart Association
• Clinicaltrials.gov
  Registry and results database of clinical studies, US National Institutes of Health
• Healthquality.va.gov
  Management of Stroke Rehabilitation. US Department of Veterans Affairs
• Elearnsci.org
  International Spinal Cord Society
• Ebrsr.com
  Evidenced-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation, The Canadian National Survey on Rehabilitation Practices for Stroke
• Scireproject.com
  Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitaiton Evidence (SCORE)

Health Information Systems and Tools

• Medicalert.org
  MedicAlert Foundation
• myPHR.com
  myPHR, American Health Information Management Association
• Medicalhomeinfo.org
  Building Your Care Noteboook, National Center for Medical Home Implementation

Advocacy

• NDRN.org
  National Disability Rights Network

Wellness

• CDC.gov
  People with Disabilities: Living Healthy
• Icaa.cc
  International Council on Active Aging