Levindale Neuro Rehabilitation

• Physicians

• Rehabilitation Physicians

• Pulmonologists

• Physical Therapists

• Occupational Therapists

• Speech Language Pathologists

• Social Workers

• Dietitians

• Respiratory Therapist

• Nurses

Brain Injur Program

The Brain Injury Program at Levindale is a comprehensive program designed to address the complex needs of patients 18 and over affected by brain injury. We provide services to patients across the spectrum of recovery. We evaluate and treat “low-level” patients requiring medical rehabilitation services as well as “high-level” patients who can tolerate increased levels of therapy with the goal of helping them make a smooth transition from our facility back to their home environment.

Our Brain Injury Specialty Program is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and Joint Commission certified.

Our comprehensive Brain Injury rehabilitation program helps patients regain function through intensive rehabilitation services addressing such skills as:

• Balance, strength, coordination and early mobility

• Motor control and range of motion

• Completion of self-care activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing

• Comprehension of language

• Verbal and non-verbal communication

• Medication and money management

• Self-feeding and swallowing

• Executive function skills such as memory, problem solving, organization, planning, emotional self-regulation and cognitive flexibility

• Safety

• Vocational and leisure activities capabilities

• Community reintegration

Our facility provides specialized rehabilitation equipment and expertise staff offering:

• Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)

• Splinting

• Casting

• Spasticity Clinic

• Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow (FEES)

• Tracheostomy and Ventilator services

• Adaptive Equipment

• Group intervention scenarios

• Animal therapy, music therapy and other therapeutic recreation activities

Our care team includes:

• Physicians

• Rehabilitation Physicians

• Pulmonologists

• Physical Therapists

• Occupational Therapists

• Speech Language Pathologists

• Social Workers

• Dietitians

• Respiratory Therapists

• Nurses

• Psychiatrists and Neuropsychologists

Brain Health Unit

Levindale’s inpatient Brain Health Unit provides treatment for older patients who have cognitive disorders related to dementia, Alzheimer’s or other similar disabilities. The Brain Health Unit is designed to provide care for the entire person. We strive to help patients achieve their maximum potential and highest quality of life.

Our Brain Health Unit is not a psychiatric unit, and we do not admit persons who are suicidal, homicidal, violent or violently impulsive. We believe in treating the entire person and work hard to address medical issues that affect cognitive clarity and overall health. We offer excellent rehab services and our patients are assessed for speech, occupational and physical therapy needs.

Our patients are followed by an internal medicine physician and we have psychiatric consultants who specialize in cognitive disorders and round on our patients as needed. We employ a structured care model that engages patients with healthy activities and promotes a calm environment perfectly suited for healing and regaining as much brain function as allowed by the disease process.

Following the patient-centered care model, each plan of care is tailored to the patient’s needs and communicated via multidisciplinary care plan meetings on a regular basis. Our Brain Health Unit is secure because we care deeply about the safety of our patients, particularly patients with some form of dementia and who may wander. Levindale’s Brain Health Unit does not take involuntary admissions as we are not a licensed psychiatric unit.

Structured care

Our structured care model focuses on making every moment matter. Structured care keeps patients socially engaged, decreases problem behaviors, provides stimulation, and reduces boredom and falls while increasing satisfaction. The critical element in structured care is engaging in meaningful activities with patients and families. Brief, frequent activities greatly enhance a patient’s life. Interactions are designed to do with – not for – patients. All staff engage in activities with patients and daily activities are displayed on the boards at each pod.