Adult Neurological Program

The Adult Neurological Program at the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Therapy Center specializes in providing individual or multidisciplinary therapy evaluations and treatments to adults with neurological impairments.

Services
Mary Free Bed's specially trained therapists provide a comprehensive evaluation and assessment process to provide individualized therapy for each patient to increase knowledge, safety, and, ultimately, independence with functional skills.

Services Include

Evaluation

Functional assessment

Therapy

Customized exercise program

Patient and family education

Who Uses These Services
Adult patients with any of the following:

Brain tumor

Aneurysm

Stroke

Spinal cord injury

Guillian-Barre’ Syndrome

Encephalitis

Multiple sclerosis

Meningitis

Neuropathy

Myopathy

Various other neurological diagnoses

Services Explained
To be seen, a patient must first have his or her condition evaluated by a physician who writes a prescription.

Evaluation - Depending on the therapy discipline, a therapist will perform a detailed assessment to:

Determine problem areas and need for skilled therapy intervention

Devise a treatment program

Set realistic treatment goals

Therapy - Each therapist involved in the patient's treatment will design an individualized therapy program based on the patient’s identified problem areas to achieve functional goals and maximize the patient’s independence.

Patient and family education - We consider family involvement to be a key component of our program.We educate both the patient and his or her family on any potential safety concerns. We also provide training and support to ensure that the patient’s treatment is able to continue at home and in other settings.