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Rehabilitation Services at Home
 University Hospitals Home Care offers comprehensive rehabilitation services including Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy. Our primary goal is to help patients of all ages achieve an optimal level of functional independence. Our therapists and social workers work in collaboration with physicians and other members of the home care team to make this goal a reality.
Therapy will be provided in the comfort of your home. Our therapists begin slowly and adjust your individualized program based on your progress. In order to see our proven results click here to view patient testimonials.
Rehabilitation Services:
- Physical Therapy: Improving the body by building strength, improving mobility and developing greater confidence through special exercises and physical training.
- Occupational Therapy: Assisting patients to become as independent as possible in daily living skills such as dressing and bathing through special exercises and activities.
- Speech Therapy: Helping patients develop skills that enable them to think and express themselves more clearly. Speech Therapy also helps patients with swallowing disorders and can teach specialized exercises and training to swallow safely.
Please call 1-800-552-8442 for more information or to schedule services. |
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy generally encompasses pain relief, strength and flexibility training, regaining movement or range of motion, relaxation and stress relieving techniques, balance and coordination training, safety awareness and the development/implementation of a home exercise program. UH Home Care Services Rehab Services will help you live at home safely.
Benefits of Physical Therapy
- Evaluate physical problems
- Reduce the risk of falls and fractures
- Increase/maintain muscle strength and endurance
- Decrease pain
- Increase joint range of motion and coordination
- Decrease swelling and inflammation of joints
- Promote healing
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Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy helps individuals gain the skills necessary for daily living. Occupational therapy revolves around the daily living skills such as dressing, bathing, eating, and grooming, but also provide help with range of motion, coordination, balance, and adaptive equipment. By directing a patient’s participation in selected tasks, the therapist can help the patient enhance performance, restore function, and promote and maintain health. The therapist will work with you to come up with strategies, techniques, or adaptations so that you can be as independent as possible. UH Home Care Services Rehab Services will help you live at home safely.
Benefits of Occupational Therapy
- Evaluate problems
- Gain independence in daily living skills
- Improve strength, endurance, range of motion, coordination and balance
- Increase memory, orientation, cognitive reasoning
- Recommend adaptive equipment
- Provide re-integration skills for independence at home and work
- Increased self-satisfaction and productive living
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Testimonials
- "Prompt, knowledgeable, patient, professional. My excellent progress is due to your commitment.'
- 'Your therapist Kim was a blessing for me. She taught me a lot of exercises and because of Kim, I have progressed quite a bit in a short time. Kim has to be your most caring and considerate therapist you have on staff. She is the greatest when it comes to helping a patient. I was blessed to have her help me recuperate."
- " I cannot say enough good things about this team, they both were wonderful and gave me the confidence to become more independent"
- "Excellent care , advice, and above all encouragement A+"
- "My care could not have been better. I give it an excellent rating. Thank you for your caring support and understanding through my home rehab."
- "You were great!"
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Important Definitions
ADL (activities of daily living)
- ADL (activities of daily living): The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure. The ability or inability to perform ADL can be used as a very practical measure of ability/disability in many disorders.
Rehabilitation
- The restoration of, or improvement in, a patient's health and the ability to perform functions of his or her job and activities of daily living (ADL).
Therapy
- Specialized program, exercises, and methods used to help a patient regain the best quality of life after a illness, disability or disease.
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