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The Adult Comprehensive Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Program includes a 37-bed unit located within Advocate Christ Medical Center. We serve a diverse population of adults, 18 years and older, and have been accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for more than 30 years.
Who Do We Serve:
Patients are screened by a physiatrist physical medicine and (rehabilitation physician) to verify that they meet the criteria for acute inpatient rehabilitation and are able to participate and benefit from 3 hours of therapy 5 days per week or 15 hours/7days.
Conditions treated include:
- Amputation of Limb
- Brain Injury
- Cardiac conditions
- Debility following medical complications
- Major Multiple Trauma
- Multiple Sclerosis
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- Other neurological conditions
- Other orthopedic conditions
- Parkinson's Disease
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
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Our Program
The program provides daily physiatrist physical medicine and (rehabilitation physician) visits; 24 hour rehabilitation nursing, social services and therapy, including occupational, physical, recreational and speech therapy.
Patients will receive a minimum of three hours of physical, occupational and/ or speech therapy services; Monday through Friday, or a therapy schedule based on their individual needs. Additional therapy sessions will be provided on the weekends, as necessary.
Additional services or medical consultations may be needed during a patient's stay. These will be determined by the patient's physiatrist and treating team.
Additional services, based on patient needs, may include the following (services with an asterisk are affiliated):
- Audiology
- Chaplaincy
- Chemical dependency counseling*
- Custom wheelchairs
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- Nutritional services
- Orthotics*
- Prosthetics*
- Respiratory Therapy
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Medical Consultation Services – Advocate Christ Medical Center is a tertiary teaching hospital with physicians on staff in the specialties and subspecialties listed below. All listed specialties and subspecialties are available by consultation:
- Cardiology
- Ear Nose & Throat
- Family Practice
- General Surgery
- Gynecology
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
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- Ophthalmology
- rthopedic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Podiatry
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Trauma
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
- Wound Care
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