Resources for Continued Recovery
There are many other services within our health system and in your community that may assist you in your continued recovery. This page highlights services available within our rehabilitation continuum of services and in the local community. We encourage you to call or visit the website for these organizations. However, please do not hesitate to ask us for additional information on these services or for other providers or services in your community.
Services Offered by WFBH
Your physician will determine whether you would benefit from Outpatient Rehabilitation Services after you have completed your Inpatient Program. Wake Forest Baptist Health's Neurorehabilitation Therapy Program is highlighted here, but WFBH offers six additional outpatient therapy centers, including Sports Therapy, Hand Therapy, Spine Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, and General Outpatient Physical Therapy. WFBH has one of the largest and most specialized outpatient rehabilitation centers in the region. To learn more about our expertise in these areas, please visit our Rehabilitation Resource Room on the Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit or email: Rehab4Life@wakehealth.edu.
The WFBH Medical Fitness Program offers diagnosis-specific, small group exercise classes designed for anyone who has been discharged from outpatient rehab but is not ready to exercise independently. Evaluation by a physical therapist or physician referral is required for admission to the program. Classes are offered at CompRehab.
For more information:
336.716.8402
The WFBH Aquatic Therapy Program Offers a variety of classes led by qualified instructors trained in fitness, arthritis and water safety. Classes are offered in the warm water pool at the Sticht Center.
For more information:
336.713.8082
www.wakehealth.edu/Aquatic-Programs
Massage Therapy offers many health benefits including decreased muscle tension, pain, anxiety, nausea, stress and sleep difficulties. At WFBH, these services are offered at CompRehab Plaza inside the Fitness Center; Sticht Center on 2nd floor; and anywhere in the hospital at patient's bedside with the physician's order.
For more information:
336.716.8304
www.wakehealth.edu/Recreation-Therapy/Massage-Therapy.htm
WFBH's Club Independence (Club I) is an interactive Day Recreation Therapy Program providing education, recreation, and overall health and wellness opportunities for individuals with disabling conditions. Club I is the only program of its kind in the Triad and one of only two in North Carolina. Led by licensed recreation therapists, Club I addresses ways for members to enhance their quality of life and assists them in returning to the community and to recreational activities that they once enjoyed. Club I meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00am to 4:00pm at CompRehab Plaza. Members must be 18 years of age or older and independent with their activities of daily living and medical management.
For more information:
336.716.8007
www.wakehealth.edu/Recreation-Therapy/Club-Independence.htm
Wake Forest Baptist Health's Assistive Technology Center is a partnership with the North Carolina Assistive Technology Program (NCATP) and is a demonstration center for assistive technology devices (AT). Assistive Technology or "AT" is any piece of equipment or device that a person with a disability uses to make every day living easier, to be more productive in the workplace or to be more independent. Therapists, consumers/patients, and family members can visit the center at CompRehab Plaza to look at devices, have them demonstrated, and try them out. Many of the devices can be loaned out for short periods of time to try out in the environment of choice. For more information:
Contact: Paul Eklund
336.716.8030
www.wakehealth.edu/Recreation-Therapy/Assistive-Technology.htm
BestHealth is the Piedmont Triad's trusted source for hands-on health knowledge, classes and screenings. BestHealth is presented by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, one of America's top ranked hospitals. An optional membership is also available to individuals who want to take a more active role to improving or managing their health. For more information:
336.713.BEST (336.713.2378)
www.wakehealth.edu/BestHealth
WFBH offers MyWakeHealth, a patient portal that gives patients unprecedented access to their health information, without the unnecessary burden of waiting. MyWakeHealth allows you to get answers to your medical questions from the comfort of your own home; schedule your next appointment or view details of you past and upcoming appointments; and access test results. For more information:
www.mywakehealth.com
The Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs are pleased to offer a Rehabilitation Resource Center on the Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit.
Other Local and National Resources
The Winston-Salem Mayor's Council for Persons with Disabilities hosts free meetings that are open to the public. Meetings are at 11:30am on the second Tuesday of each month at Golden Corral on University Parkway.
The National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke provides a wealth of information on treatment, prognosis, research, and rehabilitation.
www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)
800.532.7667
www.msassociation.org
Guillain-Barré Local Support Group:
www.gbs-cidp.org
If you need assistance finding additional resources in your community:
336.716.8454 (Karen Lawrence)
Email: Rehab4Life@wakehealth.edu