Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program
Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability among adults. In the United States, more than 700,000 people suffer a stroke each year and approximately two thirds of these individuals survive and require rehabilitation.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centers offers an Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program that, through a partnership approach among the patient, the patient’s family/support system, and healthcare providers, provides intensive rehabilitation services focusing on prevention, minimizing impairment, reducing activity limitations, and maximizing the participation and quality of life of individuals who have suffered a stroke.
The Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Program at Wake Forest Baptist, located on the third floor of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, accepts patients 13 years of age and older who are able to participate in physical, occupational and/or speech therapy at least three hours a day.
The program offers a comprehensive range of medical services, including full time physician supervision by physiatrists and neurologists; rehabilitation nurses certified in rehabilitation nursing, clinical and neuropsychologists, and a full range of physical, occupational, speech, and recreation therapists specialized in post – stroke rehabilitation. Other members of the stroke interdisciplinary team include social workers and case managers, dieticians and assistive technology specialists.
Patients admitted to WFBMC’s Stroke Rehabilitation Program must have the potential for improvement; be medically stable enough to participate in rehabilitation activities; need close medical supervision by a physician trained in rehabilitation; need twenty four hour nursing care; and have a realistic discharge plan.
The average length of stay for patients admitted to the WFBMC Stroke Rehabilitation Program is 14-16 days. Once patients are discharged from the Program, care can be continued in an outpatient setting in Neurorehabilitation Therapy at CompRehab Plaza.
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