Wake Forest Baptist Inpatient Rehabilitation programs focus on reducing activity limitations and maximizing quality of life for individuals who have experienced life altering injury or illness.
Our team knows that each patient is unique, with specific needs, capabilities and potential. Therefore, each patient's treatment is completely individualized and modified as recovery progresses. Together, the rehabilitation team, which includes the patient and family/caregiver, set goals and work together to achieve these goals.
Our Inpatient Rehabilitation programs are committed to excellence in rehabilitative care, as evidenced by multiple accreditations by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
The most common conditions for patients needing intensive inpatient rehabilitation include, but are not limited to, stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, trauma, amputation, and other neurological and orthopedic conditions.
Working with the patient and family, our interdisciplinary team of rehabilitation experts prepares an individualized and flexible Plan of Care that guides the rehabilitation journey for each patient. Our ultimate goal is to return each patient to the highest level of independence within their home and community.
Partners for your Path to Improving Independence - Wake Forest Baptist Health Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs
An inpatient rehabilitation stay after a significant injury or illness will include an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers all working with you and your family to set goals specific to your needs. The team will utilize individually designed treatments to help you return to as much independence as possible. This video includes three past patients describing how the rehabilitation stay worked for them and how the rehabilitation team are your partners "for the long haul."Mark Boynton
I was waiting, and she was late. And she got later, and she hadn't called. And literally as the screen popped up showing that there had been a major accident on Route 52, and that both north and southbound were closed, doorbell rang and knock on the door almost simultaneously. And I looked out the window and there were two police officers.
Rosendo Felipe
When I came to, I realized that I was on the ground looking up in my apartment building thinking what happened, and then I realized I couldn't move.
Hugh Gerlach
I got a strep virus and it went septic, and I ended up losing my hands and my feet.
Mark Boynton
And the world flipped upside down in that moment.
Speaker 4
The beginning of inpatient rehabilitation can be overwhelming, but we want you to know that you will get through this.
Speaker 5
We will help you get through this, and however you're feeling right now is appropriate and understandable, but also temporary.
Speaker 4
You're going to meet a team of people. Some of them will help you with your physical recovery, but others will help you with your emotional recovery.
Walter Sherwood Davis
We're a very team-oriented specialist. One person's not going to take care of everything. Especially me, the physician, I work with therapists, nurses, psychologists, social workers, speech therapists, all kinds of folks who are going to work on the different pieces. But the main message to them is, "This will get better, we're going to help you deal with these things. And that we're with you and in the process with you for the long haul."
Speaker 4
Someone from your care team will help you get dressed each morning, and escort you to your therapy sessions.
Speaker 5
You'll have at least three hours of therapy each day, and each day we'll give you a schedule for the next day's sessions.
Speaker 4
You'll need comfortable clothes and shoes with a good nonslip sole. And we encourage family members and caregivers to attend and participate in any or all of your therapy sessions.
Mark Boynton
They made it clear you have to let us do our work, but we want you to be a part of it.
Cécile Boynton
We want your input.
Mark Boynton
Yeah, we want your input. We want you here because she'll feel better with that support. And Brad and Holly, the rest of the team, they would ask me, "Okay, what does she like to do? What are the things that interest her? Because what's going to get her better is seeing that she can still do the things that she did before."
Cécile Boynton
Because of that interaction, because he had talked to them and let them know what I was interested in and what I was good at, they tailored the therapy to match those skills.
Rosendo Felipe
My recreational therapist, Carolyn, she took me out to the grocery store a couple of times. And what we practiced here in the therapy center we used out in the public, which was transferring in and out of a vehicle.
Speaker 5
Your rehab team will work with you and your family to develop a plan of care based on your individual goals. We'll also identify when we think you'll be ready to go home and review your progress in weekly meetings to make sure that all of your needs are met before then.
Hugh Gerlach
The plan of care was a good timeline for knowing when I could get out of here.
Rosendo Felipe
I felt like I was a student as well because they were actually able to take the time, sit down, and answer my questions, and also ask me questions.
Speaker 4
We know that this is a difficult time for you and your loved ones, but you are not alone. We are here to help you become as independent as possible and get you back home.
Mark Boynton
There's going to be a point where you're just done. And that's where that staff excels in coming and going. You might be done right now. That's cool. We'll pick it back up tomorrow because you're not done.
Cécile Boynton
If you come in determined to work through it no matter how hard it is, then you will get through that. It's a matter of how strong you are and how strong you feel inside.
Rosendo Felipe
Here at the rehab center, they made me feel like I was a person again, and they made me feel like I was part of a family. It didn't feel like that they were just performing a job. It felt like they actually cared about me and wanted to know about me. And really almost, there was a sweet sorrow when I left because they didn't want to see me leave, but they knew they had to see me leave. It's like they loved me enough to let me go.
Admission Criteria and Referrals
Patients admitted to an Inpatient Rehabilitation Program must have realistic rehabilitation goals that reflect the potential for gaining independence or achieving a higher function in self-care activities, speech/language function or cognitive function.
Patients must be responsive to verbal and/or visual stimuli and be able to consistently follow at least one-step commands.
Additionally, a patient must:
- Require and be able to participate in physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy at least 3 hours each day.
- Need more than one type of rehab therapy and have a potential for functional improvement.
- Have a supportive social system and expected, defined discharge destination other than a skilled nursing facility.
- Be medically appropriate for an inpatient hospital environment and have stable vital signs.
Referrals
- To make a referral, call 336-713-8500 or 888-650-9568.
- Referrals are accepted from a variety of sources including acute care units at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, other acute hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long term acute care facilities, and outpatient clinics.
- Adolescents and adults may be referred by families, physicians, social workers, case managers, nurses or other health care professionals.
- After a referral is made, a team of rehab professionals will work with the patient and family to determine the most appropriate program and setting for rehabilitation services. A nurse evaluator and/or rehabilitation physician will complete a clinical evaluation of the patient's rehab needs.
- Wake Forest Baptist completes a financial clearance process for each patient prior to an Inpatient Rehab admission. Many insurance companies must approve the rehabilitation stay prior to admission in order to offer insurance coverage. If a patient does not have insurance coverage for a rehabilitation stay, the patient and/or family will be notified. Any estimated financial responsibilities will be communicated to the patient and family. Financial counselors at Wake Forest Baptist are available to help patients apply for financial assistance, as needed.
What to Expect Prior to Your Rehab Admission
It is our goal to help you find the best and most appropriate rehab program for your specific needs. After a referral is made, a nurse evaluator and rehab physician will evaluate your medical and rehabilitation needs.
To qualify for admission to an Inpatient Rehabilitation program you must:
- Require and be able to participate in physical, occupational and/or speech therapy at least 3 hours each day
- Need more than one type of rehab therapy and have potential for functional improvement
- Be medically appropriate for an inpatient hospital stay and have stable vital signs
- Have a cognitive level of three or higher on the Rancho Lost Amigos scale (for patients with a brain injury)
Wake Forest Baptist performs financial clearance for each patient prior to admission to the Inpatient Rehabilitation program. Many insurance companies must approve the rehabilitation stay prior to admission in order to offer insurance coverage. If you do not have insurance coverage for a rehabilitation stay, you and/or your family will be notified.
Wake Forest Baptist accepts payment from all major private insurance plans, worker’s compensation, Medicare and Medicaid.
Our Facility
Patients admitted to our inpatient programs require intensive rehabilitation services in a hospital setting and most often have conditions such as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, trauma, amputation and other neurological and orthopaedic conditions.
Our programs are offered in a 39-bed state-of-the-art facility in the Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, located on the campus of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
The facility includes the following programs:
