Inpatient rehabilitation in Gainesville
We support your strength and independence so you can move through daily life with confidence.
The occupational, physical and speech therapists at HCA Florida Gainesville Hospital are dedicated to helping you return to your daily routine. We offer evidence-based treatment methods in a comfortable, healing environment.
Asesoramiento experto, disponible 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana
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La información gratuita relacionada con la salud está a sólo una llamada de distancia. Nuestras enfermeras le ayudan a comprender sus síntomas, opciones de tratamiento y procedimientos. También le ayudarán a encontrar un proveedor o especialista y programar una cita.
Conditions our rehabilitation specialists treat
Our inpatient program provides treatment plans for individuals recovering from the following conditions:
- Amputations
- Bowel and bladder issues
- Brain, back and spinal cord injuries
- Cardiac and pulmonary events
- Cognitive and perceptual deficits
- Impaired mobility, balance and coordination
- Limitation in strength and range of motion
- Limitations in self-care
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Orthopedic fractures
- Speech and communication problems
- Stroke
- Swallowing disorders
Our inpatient rehabilitation facility
We provide a wide range of services to help support your healing and recovery.
Rehabilitation services we offer
Our rehabilitation program provides 24/7 care in a therapeutic setting, with at least three hours of therapy five days a week. Because we are committed to building a therapy schedule that fit your needs, we offer a modified program on weekends and holidays.
Our therapy methods help increase your independence in daily activities such as:
- Adaptive aquatics
- Bowel and bladder management
- Communication skills
- Community reentry
- Coping skills
- Dressing and grooming
- Feeding and swallowing
- Homemaking
- Leisure activities
- Mobility
- Personal hygiene
- Problem-solving skills
- Skin care
Occupational therapy
The goal of occupational therapy (OT) is to support your physical, mental and cognitive health and promote your independence. Our occupational therapists concentrate on:
- Adaptive equipment use
- Driving safety program
- Low-vision accommodations
- Lymphedema management
- Neuromuscular recovery
- Positioning
- Range of motion
- Sensation
- Splinting
- Strengthening
- Tone management
- Visual perceptual issues
Physical therapy
Physical therapy focuses on improving your movement and strength to support your functional recovery and independence. Your treatment plan may include one or more of the following:
- Balance and neuromuscular reeducation
- Functional mobility training
- Gait and assistive device training
- Pain management
- Seating and positioning
- Therapeutic exercise to improve strength and range of motion
- Tone management
- Prosthetic training
- Orthopedic functioning
- Vestibular functioning
- Pelvic floor functioning
Speech-language therapy
Speech-language pathologists are trained to evaluate and manage communication and swallowing difficulties related to stroke, brain injury and other neurologic disorders. Our specialists evaluate and treat:
- Cognitive-communication disorders, including trouble with memory, reasoning, problem solving and attention
- Difficulty with reading or writing
- Imprecise speech sounds caused by muscle weakness, such as dysarthria
- Language impairments
- Voice disorders affecting vocal quality, pitch or volume
Our speech pathologists are committed to building a personalized treatment plan that meets your health needs. We collaborate with you and your caregiver, as well as the medical and rehabilitation care team.
Your speech, language and cognitive treatment may include these therapeutic methods:
- Facilitating your activities and participation by helping you develop new skills and strategies
- Making use of strengths and addressing weaknesses that affect communication through direct retraining or compensating for skills that have been affected
- Modifying your environment to remove barriers to successful communication and participation, including developing and using new accommodations, such as aids, strategies or devices
Our rehabilitation treatment team
Led by an expert physician trained in physical rehabilitation and medicine, our interdisciplinary treatment team consists of the following specialists:
- Case managers
- Occupational therapists
- Physical therapists
- Rehabilitation nurses
- Speech therapists
To help you reach the highest level of independence possible, we provide access to:
- Case management and social services five days a week
- Modified therapy program on Saturdays and Sundays, as needed
- Physician and rehabilitation nursing seven days a week
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech services seven days per week
- Psychology services as needed
Our specialists will continue to monitor you and help you throughout your recovery. This includes supporting you even after you have been discharged from our inpatient rehabilitation program.