Schwab Rehabilitation Hosptial And Care Network

Therapyoccupational therapy focuses on activities of daily living; such as dressing, bathing, grooming, cooking, cleaning, money management, as well as working on fine motor coordination, visual-spatial deficits and sensory integration deficits. Occupational therapists utilize interventions such as therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular re-education, energy conservation techniques, vision rehab, retraining in home management, activities of daily living skills, and cognitive skill development. Speech-language pathology focuses on evaluation and treatment of swallow function, speech and language deficits, including written and verbal communication, memory, problem solving, and social interaction. Speech-language pathologists use a variety of diagnostic techniques, including video fluoroscopic swallow studies to evaluate dysphagia (swallow disorders), and a number of evidence based assessment tools to evaluate language, cognition, and memory. These therapists then utilize techniques such as oral-facial-pharlaryngeal muscular re-education, compensatory techniques with modified diet consistencies, communication strategies, cognitive retraining, and memory techniques. Psychology services focus on patients adjusting to living with a disability; concentrating on loss, anxiety, depression, pain management with biofeedback, role definition, and patient and family coping. In addition, they assist patients with encouragement to participate in their overall plan of care.schwab has a robust therapeutic recreation program that assist patients and families in identifying avocational activities including creative arts, relaxation strategies, games (including videogames) to ensure that patient's remember there is joy to be had in their new life.recreation therapy also organizes outings for our inpatients to help promote confidence, build independence, and facilitate community reintegration. These trips are local and throughout the chicagoland and lower wisconsin area. They include opportunities to use public transportation, navigation through parks, and various public places as well as outdoor sports; including canoeing, skiing, and hand cycling for those with disabilities. All therapists continually educate patients and families and make recommendations regarding discharge disposition, assistance required at home, and recommendations for next level of services required. Additional multi-disciplinary interventions include group therapy, individualized home visits, and community reintegration outings. Therapy services have a robust and well-respected clinical education program that has affiliations with training programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and communications disorder programs across all of chicagoland, as well as with numerous out-of-state programs. Dozens of students come to schwab each year to complete their graduate level clinical internship, supported by clinical instructors among schwab staff therapists, and prepare for employment as entry-level clinicians.therapists hold a variety of specialty skills and certifications. Specializations held among our staff includes: apta neurological, pediatric, and orthopedic clinical specialists, vestibular, aquatic, and womens health specialis, ndt and mckenzie-trained therapists, vital stimcertifications, lee silverman voice (lsvt), and many other specialties.schwab has partnered with an organization called devices for disabled, which has an extensive equipment lending program on the near southwest side. The therapists identify equipment the patients need but would not be covered by insurance (if they have insurance) and, the patients are able to get free equipment that has been refurbished.

Support servicessome points of interest and highlights regarding interventions/programs that help to fill the gaps between what participants need and what is available to them in the community:1. Disability resource center - support, referrals, information, and advocacy2. Domestic violence program 24 hr hotlinte, support groups, referrals to resources, information, and advocacy3. Peer mentoring - positive role modeling and support by and for people with disabilities including sci, stroke, brain injury, & amputee.4. Living independently for tomorrow (lift) is a grant funded program which allows sci patients to stay up to two weeks in an independent apartment learning to live in the world of barriers. This has transitioned to an intensive outpatient experience.