Inpatient Rehab
A Higher Level of Care
At the Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation, our goal is to help you return to independent living.
Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation is an acute rehabilitation hospital, with 24-hour nursing care and daily physician rounding in a hospital environment.
This is acute rehabilitation, which includes specialized programs for those suffering from:
- Stroke
- Fractured Hip
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Amputation
- Neurological Disorders
- Multi-Trauma
- Brain Injuries
- Arthritis
- Joint Replacement
Next Steps
Find a Doctor
You have a choice when it comes to rehab, and Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation is an acute rehab facility.
We're Located At:
566 Ruin Creek Road
Henderson, NC 27536
Unlike Skilled Nursing Facilities, where doctor visits are only required once every 18 days and LPNs provide most of the care, the Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation has daily doctor visits. It is staffed with Registered Nurses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our staffing ratio is one RN to every five to a maximum of six patients. Each patient at Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation receives between 900 and 1,080 minutes of therapy a week, more than three times that Skilled Nursing Facilities require. And, because of its location at Maria Parham Health, all labs, X-rays, dialysis, respiratory treatments and pharmacy needs are on-site.
Services available on-site at Maria Parham Center for Rehabilitation:
- Daily Physician Visit
- 24-hour Registered Nurses
- Case Management
- On-site Laboratory
- On-site Pharmacy
- On-site Radiology
- On-site Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Registered Dietician
Here’s what a higher level of care means for you:
Our goal is to work with patients and their families to provide superior care with quality outcomes and to return patients to maximum independence at home and in the community. That means:
- Personalized goals for a faster return home
- A comprehensive team approach to rehabilitative care
- Advanced technologies for the latest treatments
- Physician visits every day
- Three hours of therapy over a day, five days a week
- 24-hour rehabilitation nursing
Our multi-disciplinary team includes Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists. Because of its location at Maria Parham Health, all labs, X-rays, dialysis, respiratory treatments and pharmacy are available on-site. This is quality care—at a higher level.
Functional limitations benefiting from rehabilitation include:
- Weakness or limited motion in arms, legs and/or trunk
- Balance and coordination problems
- Difficulty moving from one place to another
- Difficulty performing activities of daily living such as eating, grooming, dressing, bathing and homemaking
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
- Memory deficits, judgment difficulties
- Difficulty in speech, language or communication
- Swallowing disorders
- Impaired leisure and community function
- Impaired social interaction
Therapy
The Center offers an intensive level of care including a minimum of three hours of therapy at least 5 days per week. Two of the first three services must be needed by the patient for admission:
- Physical Therapy – walking, stairs, wheelchair skills
- Occupational Therapy – activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing, cognitive function
- Speech Therapy – communication, swallowing, and cognitive function
The frequency of services is typically twice daily for physical and occupational therapy and once or twice daily for speech therapy depending on the patient's treatment needs.
Facility
Private patient rooms are available. Training areas include a gym, kitchen, dining room and Transition Suite. The Transition Suite is a mini-apartment for use in training caregivers and patients.
Team
Core members of the rehabilitation team include:
- Patient and family
- Rehab Physician
- Rehabilitation nurse
- Physical therapist
- Occupational therapist
- Social worker/case manager
- Speech therapist
Other specialists participate on the team based on the needs of the patient and may include:
- Dietician
- Orthotist/Prosthetist
- Other physicians
- Wound care nurse