Acute Rehabilitation Center
Acute Rehabilitation Courtyard
Our Center
Our Rehab Team
Community Westview Hospital's Acute
Rehabilitation Center and programs are
specially designed to meet the needs of our
patients and their families. We hope that this
literature will provide you and your family
with a complete overview of our nursing care
and rehabilitative therapies.
Our rehabilitation team consists of licensed
nurses and licensed physical, occupational,
speech-language and recreational therapists,
and licensed social workers – all with rehab
experience and skills. Our Center is under the
medical direction of a physiatrist, a physician
who specializes in physical medicine and
rehabilitation. Our goal is to help each
patient achieve the highest degree of
independence possible.
Our Center is a Medicare-certified facility, whose
emphasis is on assisting our patients so they
can reach their highest level of functional
independence. We offer comprehensive,
24-hour inpatient rehabilitation in a 12-bed
dedicated rehab unit for patients who
demonstrate impairment in activities of
daily living (ADL) skills, mobility, self-care,
communication, along with medical complexity.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy of care is focused on
preventative medicine, healthy lifestyles,
treating the root cause of illness, and caring
for the whole person.
Restoring your body, mind and spirit after
suffering a serious illness or injury is a great
challenge. The process of recovering from a
traumatic injury, illness or disability can be
long and challenging. We are here to help
you overcome these challenges and reach
your rehabilitative goals.
We provide each patient with three or more
hours of individual therapy (no less than five
times per week) in a facility of all private
rooms, a comfortable activities area and
dayroom, with access to a beautiful outdoor
rehab courtyard. We provide physical,
occupational, speech and recreational
therapy programs and an on-site hemodialysis
inpatient unit.
Should you require immediate medical
attention during your stay, Community
Westview Hospital is directly connected to
our Center - with access to 24/7 emergency
services, hospital medical and surgical
services, and a medical staff consisting of
multiple specialties.
Our goal is to help our
patients rehabilitate, restore
and start living
The goal of our rehab team is to help you
become as strong and independent as
possible, while reaching your fullest
potential. We attain this goal by providing
optimum care, strategies, motivation and the
encouragement you and your caretakers
need for you to be as self-sufficient as
possible. Using input from the entire rehab
team, as well as from you and your family, a
plan of care is developed that is specifically
tailored to meet your needs – so that you can
rehabilitate, restore and start living.
Acute Rehabilitation
Criteria
Patients may be referred to our center from
any setting - a hospital, home, or extended
care facility. The referral or request to assess
for inpatient rehab must be made by a
physician. Once the order for your rehab
assessment or screening is made, the case
manager at the hospital, or extended care
facility where you are staying, will contact the
referral coordinator at Community Westview
Hospital’s Acute Rehabilitation Center. A
representative from our facility will visit you
and evaluate your medical condition, ability
to perform certain physical activities, your
endurance and what your plans would be
after discharge following our center. Based
on this information, we will be able to
determine if our center is the best choice for
your rehabilitative care.
If you are at home and your physician feels
you are a candidate for our center, you or a
family member may contact us to schedule a
home visit and evaluation.
Requirements for
Admission
To be eligible for admission, you must:
• Have a physician’s order to be evaluated
for a rehab program
• Require 24 hour nursing care
• Require two or more different therapies
• Be able to tolerate three or more hours of
rehab therapy services no less than five
days a week
• Have the potential to improve function
• Have a plan to discharge into a family
situation (such as home), or one that
offers supervision or help with care if
needed such as an assisted living
environment.
You and your family members are also
critical members of this team. We believe
that patient and family education as well as
training is key to rehabilitation success.
Family conferences (when needed) provide
an opportunity to review the medical history,
evaluation results, short and long-term goals,
progress and discharge planning.
Length of Stay and
Discharge
Depending on the injury or illness, the
average length of stay is 7 to 21 days.
Medicare covers most stays as long as you
have a “qualifying diagnosis” (a diagnosis
approved by Medicare). The number of days
is influenced by your insurance company,
your individual needs, the advice of your
physician and input from the therapy team.
Input from you and your family also help
determine your discharge date. Some
Medicare and insurance companies may
require a co-pay. This means that they will
pay a percentage of the stay and you are
responsible for the remainder. You will be
advised of the co-pay before admission.
Your length of stay will be influenced by your
own individual needs, progress toward goals
and insurance approval. The advice of your
physician and the various departments
involved in your care, along with input from
you and your family will help determine your
discharge date.
• You will be discharged on the written
order of a physician.
• You and your family members(s) will have
plenty of notice in order to make
arrangements.
• Representatives from therapy, nursing,
dietary and social services will work
together to educate you about how to
continue the things you have learned in
therapy, how to follow your diet and how
to take your medications or perform any
treatments that may be necessary.
• Any outpatient therapies, home health
care and equipment needs, as well as
follow-up doctor visits, will be arranged
before you leave.
The center garden area, just one of many spots where patients receive medical care and
therapeutic treatment to create an integrated and coordinated healing environment.
OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED:
Rehabilitation Therapies
Physical Therapy: The therapist and patient
set goals leading toward improvement in
strength, endurance, mobility and selfconfidence.
Occupational Therapy: O.T. helps functionally link together the activities of daily living
learned through the rehabilitation process.
Speech & Language Therapy: Provides
treatment for patients with language, voice
and swallowing disorders, as well as cognitive
memory disorders, which can affect one's
ability to function independently.
Recreational Therapy: Recreational
therapy uses functional leisure tasks to facilitate physical and cognitive rehab as well as
increase social and emotional well-being.
Renal Care: Our nephrologists offer
diagnosis and treatment for renal diseases
including acute renal failure (kidney failure),
fluid and electrolyte abnormalities, acid-base
abnormalities, hypertension (benign and
malignant), gout, nephrotic syndrome,
evaluation of renal stones (kidney stones),
evaluation of hyponatremia, hyperkalemia,
hypercalcemia and related topics.
Hemodialysis: Our center offers people
living with kidney failure a convenient treatment option without having to leave our
facility. Kidney failure is increasing nationally
at a rate of 10 percent to 12 percent each
year. In fact, more than 230,000 Americans undergo dialysis each year. Hemodialysis is used
to clean the body's waste products from the
blood after the kidneys have failed. The blood
travels through tubes to a dialyzer, a machine
that removes wastes and extra fluid. The
cleaned blood then goes back into the body.
24/7 Nursing Care by Experienced Staff
24/7 Physician Availability
All Private Rooms
Assistance in Obtaining Home Equipment
Assistance with Community Services
Burn/Wound Care
Caregiver and Family Education
Discharge Planning
Immediate Hospital Access
Nutritional & Diabetic Counseling & Education
On-site Dialysis
Psychology Services
Respiratory Therapy
Social Work/Case Management Services
Therapeutic Home Assessments
CONTACT US
For more information on our Center and
services, please call (317) 920-3010 or visit
us on-line at www.communitywestview.org.
OUR VALUES
Our values are quality, safety, service and
teamwork.
LOCATION
Community Westview Hospital’s Acute
Rehabilitation Center is accessed through
the entrance on the northeast side of the
hospital. The Community Westview Hospital
campus is located just off I-65 and the 38th
Street exit. See map below:
Rehabilitation Team
Community Westview Hospital
3630 N. Guion Road
Indianapolis, IN 46222
communitywestview.org
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