Why would I need rehab therapy?
You may be hospitalized and recovering from an illness or injury which has impacted your level of independence, safety or quality of life.
Your doctor might recommend physical, occupational therapy or speech therapy to help you reengage in life as safely as possible. Care provided by physical, occupational or speech therapists is often called rehabilitation therapy. Rehabilitation therapy can help you improve everyday activities like walking, bathing, dressing or communicating.
You may continue to need therapy after hospitalization. This type of care is called post-acute rehabilitation or transitional care. Good Samaritan provides a variety of options.
Where do I go for therapy?
Good Samaritan long-term care centers and home health agencies can meet your rehab therapy needs. At Good Samaritan, we believe therapy should be about caring for the person, not just treating the illness or injury.
If you choose to receive your therapy with Good Samaritan, our team of expert therapists will guide, advise and encourage you, and our compassionate staff members will be here to address your wants, needs and fears with love and kindness.
How long will I need therapy?
It will depend on what you are recovering from. Your recovery could take a few days or a few months.
The frequency of therapy is determined on your individual needs and could involve multiple types of therapy in a day. Therapy sessions generally last between 30 and 60 minutes.
What will I be doing?
Designed to meet your individual needs, your treatment sessions may focus on strength, endurance, thinking, balance or functional activity performance.
Examples include:
1. Mobility exercises
You might perform exercises or activities that help you move in bed, sit up, stand, get out of a chair, or move around with a wheelchair, walker or cane.
2. Strengthening exercises
Often coupled with weights or resistance bands, you’ll activate your muscles to restore your strength.
3. Swallowing
Your speech therapist may prescribe specific exercises to help you regain the strength and function to swallow safely again.
4. Balance exercises
To work on your balance, you may do things like weave around cones, pick objects off the floor, stand with your eyes closed, step backward or catch balls.
5. Activities of daily living
Your therapist will help you restore daily skills like cooking, getting dressed, climbing stairs and putting on your shoes.
6. Cognitive retraining
You may participate in activities designed to help regain cognitive skills like attention, memory, problem solving and sequencing.
Your therapy sessions will be tailored to your individual needs, geared toward helping you feel like yourself again.
