Our Services

The Acute Rehabilitation Unit Offers

• 16 acute rehabilitation beds.
• Private and semi-private rooms.
• On-site review, 24-hour determination.
• Admissions seven days a week 24 hours a day.
• Therapy six days a week (Sundays excluded).

Primary Diagnoses Admitted

• CVA.
• Spinal cord injury.
• Congenital deformity.
• Amputation.
• Major multiple trauma.
• Fracture of femur (hip fracture).
• Brain Injury.
• Polyarthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis.
• Burns.
• Neurological disorders (multiple sclerosis, motor neuron disease, polyneuropathy muscular dystrophy and parkinson's disease).

Insurance Accepted

• Medicare.
• Highmark Blue Cross.

Unable to Accept

• Ventilator-dependent patients.
• Patients under 18 years of age.
• New limb paralysis.
• Patients with aggressive behavioral problems.

Referrals

A rehab referral can be requested by:

• Physicians.
• Patients.
• Families.
• Social workers.
• Therapists.
• Home health professionals.

To be eligible for admission to the Rehab Care Center at IRMC, the patient must:

• Be medically stable.
• Need at least two forms of therapy (physical, occupational or speech).
• Have the potential to improve function or achieve independence.
• Have an identified discharge goal.
• Be willing to participate with the team in the rehabilitation program (minimum three hours of therapy per day, five days per week).

Contact Us or Make a Referral

Rehab Care Center

Jagadeesha Shetty, MD, medical director

Tina Vince, program director

George Sherry, community relations coordinator

Phone: 724.357.7436

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