Outpatient Rehabilitation

Memorial's outpatient rehabilitation programs are designed to improve functional levels of individuals with a wide variety of conditions and injuries when the patient can travel to and from home to receive therapy.

Program Components

• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Language Therapy
• Dysphagia Therapy
• Audiology
• Biofeedback
• Neuropsychology

Goals

• Increase functional independence: dressing, self feeding, homemaking, ambulation, wheelchair mobility, leisure skills and cognitive/communication skills
• Communication system assessment/recommendations/ training
• Training for use of communication device
• Community Re-entry
• Orthotic/ splint need assessment/ recommendation and assistance with fabrication
• Provide recommendations/ training in home exercise/ therapeutic activities
• Caregiver/ family training

Populations Served

• Amputees
• Anoxic Encephalopathy
• Back Injury
• Cumulative Trauma
• Hand Injuries
• Lymphedema
• Orthopedic Injuries
• Spasticity Clinics
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Physicians

• Eric Feldman, MD
• Diemha Hoang, MD
• Richard Adams, MD
• Ann Vasile, MD
• Fred Batkin, MD
• Hassan Moinzadeh, MD

Special Attributes

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) accredited
• Specialized Neuro-Rehabilitation Team
• California Children Services paneled therapists
• Accept Medi-Cal and Medicare contracts

The Rehabilitation Team

Physiatrist
The physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation is called a physiatrist. The physiatrist prescribes different treatment programs recommended by the team, and medically manages all phases of recovery and rehabilitation.

Physical Therapy
The physical therapist (PT) evaluates physical abilities and motor control. The PT works towards improving the person's functional movements such as walking. The PT helps train families in exercise programs, safe transferring techniques, and in the use of any equipment that the patient may need.

Occupational Therapy
The occupational therapist (OT) evaluates and treats upper body strength and mobility, visual functioning, and the ability to safely perform activities of daily living (such as bathing, grooming, cooking). Recommendations regarding appropriate devices and modifications for the home as also given by these therapists.

Speech Language Therapy/Dysphagia
The speech language pathologists are state licensed and certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association. Services include evaluation and treatment of receptive language, expressive language, speech production, reading comprehension, written language skills, attention, memory, problem solving, and executive functioning as well as evaluation and management of swallowing (dysphagia) problems.