At Allied Services Integrated Health System, we provide comprehensive rehabilitation
services in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Inpatient stroke rehabilitation
is for many stroke patients, the first step in their recovery. Our team
will deliver specialized stroke rehab structured around the severity of
the injury, the location and type of injury, and the unique needs of the
patient. Goals focus on assessing risk, promoting functional gains and
teaching the patient/family effective coping skills for life after stroke.
To learn more about how we can help with stroke recovery, please call us at
570-348-1359 in Scranton and at
570-826-3885 in Wilkes-Barre.
What You’ll Achieve in Stroke Recovery
Strokes, along with other nervous system disorders, neurological injuries,
and conditions, can impair sensation, movement, and intellectual processes.
Whether the stroke was ischemic, hemorrhagic, or a transient ischemic
attack (a TIA or “mini-stroke”), our caring professionals
will come up with a treatment plan to best help you recover.
Our Stroke Rehab team develops individualizxed treatment plans aimed at
assessing patient risk, promoting functional gains, restoring lost function,
and teaching the patient and their family coping skills for life after
stroke. Depending on the parts of your brain affected by the stroke, rehabilitation
may include treatments targeting movement, speech, strength and daily
living skills. Stroke rehabilitation can help you regain independence
and improve your quality of life.
Our stroke recovery program offers specialized care with important focus
in the following areas:
Behavioral and social judgment problems
Memory Loss
Cognitive deficits
Muscle weakness or paralysis
Confusion Speech and language problems
Difficulty swallowing
Emotional issues
Difficulty walking
Visual perceptual problems
Advances in mainstream technology are being used to help stroke survivors
achieve faster, fuller recoveries. Features such as virtual reality, robotics,
bio-feedback and zero gravity can deliver highly focused, intensive and
motivating therapy that stimulates the brain.
Your rehab team may recommend utilizing any of the following technologies
to advance your recovery:
The Stroke Rehab Team has a dedicated team of experienced professionals.
Each individual’s treatment team is made up of the following medical
professionals, based on the patient’s needs. Our rehabilitation
specialists work together with the patient and their family/ support system
to meet the unique physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs of
the patient.
The team provides the necessary training to achieve those skills while
focusing on the medical, social, emotional, spiritual and vocational needs
of the patient and their family. As the patient achieves his/her goals,
the team modifies the program to promote as much functional independence
as able while ensuring the patient’s safety and wellbeing.
Family Involvement
Stroke affects the whole family and so the involvement of spouses, children,
and others in the patient’s support system is a vital part of recovery.
Our stroke program supports this through involving them in education/training
as well as peer support, involvement in support groups, and through counseling.
How Long Does Stroke Recovery Last?
At Allied Services, stroke recovery does not end when a patient is discharged.
In addition to inpatient rehabilitation, we offer a wide range of post-acute
care services to meet the needs of the patients we serve including:
Transitional Rehab
Outpatient Rehab
Home Health
In-Home Services
Skilled Nursing
Personal Care
Your stroke rehabilitation plan will change during your recovery as you
relearn skills and your needs change.
Admissions & Referrals
Patients are admitted on an inpatient basis to the stroke and other neurological
disorders program at Allied Services rehab when they are medically stable
and determined appropriate for a rehabilitation program. Referrals may
be made by a private physician, general hospital, family member, or those
who have been injured themselves.
For specific questions on how to obtain a referral, please call
570-348-1359 (Wilkes-Barre) or
570-826-3885 (Scranton). Contact us to learn more or start your
referral process today.
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