Lisa Shirk
Lisa Shirk
affect aspect including life mention physical problem social solving
Every aspect of their life, including their social interaction, is threatened. Their whole life changes: their memory, problem solving skills, speech, swallowing, not to mention all the physical things, like paralysis, that affect them.
age compared literally measure outcomes patient patients rehab similar unique
The unique thing about rehab is that we measure everything about patient function. We are literally compared with units all over the country. When you look at patients with a similar diagnosis, same age and similar ailments, our outcomes are very high.
challenge fragile patients rehab slower work
That's a challenge for our rehab specialists because our patients are more fragile and they work at a slower pace.
activity goal home opposed patient several treat work
It's been our goal for several years to treat the whole patient, to work as a team, as opposed to individuals, to find out what the patient did at home and to incorporate that activity into therapy.