Choosing a Rehab Facility
To choose the best rehabilitation facility for you or your loved one, it is important to know that there are different kinds of facilities from which to choose.
Maybe you’ve even heard the terms used to refer to those choices—acute rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing (or sub-acute rehabilitation/nursing home) facilities, and assisted living facilities.
Although all of these facilities have rehabilitation professionals on staff, only one specializes in rehabilitation—the acute rehabilitation hospital.
Because their primary focus is rehabilitation, acute rehabilitation hospitals, like J.W. Sommer Rehabilitation Unit provide a level of care distinctly different from other facilities Caption describing picture or graphic.
What are my options?
How is acute rehabilitation different from other kinds of rehabilitation?
As an acute rehab hospital, J.W. Sommer Rehabilitation Unit has an extensive medical staff trained to provide comprehensive medical management on site.
- Medical Director who specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Daily Medical Physician visit, with 24-hour on-call coverage for medical issues.
- Numerous physician specialists available including pulmonologists, orthopedists, cardiologists, etc.
- Most highly trained therapists in Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapies.
- Most innovative therapeutic programs.
- Comprehensive patient and family education.
- Three to Five hours of therapy 5-6 days per week.
- 24 hour Registered Nursing care, with Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses and lower nurse to patient ratios than rehabs located in nursing homes.
- Multidisciplinary Team Approach to care
- Coordinated Program of care through weekly team meetings led by case manager, after which family/caregiver is updated.
Why should I choose J.W. Sommer Rehabilitation Unit?
Choosing a rehab facility is a lot like choosing a doctor. When you need that specialist, you want someone with an excellent reputation and lots of experience in their chosen field. We
have no hidden agendas. Most importantly, you want someone who will use all of his or her experience to provide the care you need.
As an acute rehabilitation hospital, we specialize in physical rehabilitation. Therefore, our expert staff dedicates all their skills and knowledge to one primary goal—improving each patient’s functional abilities through intensive, individualized medical and therapeutic services. To help patients reach that goal, we provide the most current, effective technologies, equipment, and therapies.
Also, J.W. Sommer Rehabilitation Unit is a partnership of three outstanding healthcare organizations — Coffee Health Group; Shoals Hospital; and HealthSouth Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of physical rehabilitation services.
