Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center

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The expert clinicians in Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Neurorehabilitation Program are here to help you regain your function and independence following stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury or any other neurological event.

Neurorehabilitation Program highlights:

• Our Speech and Communication Program offers comprehensive services to help you regain and maintain your communication skills.

• Our Balance and Vestibular Rehabilitation services will help you regain your footing after a neurological injury or event.

• Physical therapy is available to help strengthen your muscles, improve your range of motion and get you moving again.

• Occupational therapy can help with activities of daily living, such as dressing and feeding yourself, writing, shopping and banking, toileting, or transferring to a bed, toilet or tub.

• Vision therapy assists those experiencing problems related to neurological vision deficiencies, including: poor balance, double vision, limitations in the field of vision, difficulty with reading, learning, memory, driving and navigating the environment.

• Nursing services are available to assess you and work with you and your family on education regarding bowel and bladder management, medication and wound and skin management.

• Care management services are available to assess your needs, connect you with vital community services and help to coordinate and manage continuity of care.

Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center

Neurorehabilitation is a team process that involves the patient, their family and the treatment team which may include a physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, physician, case manager, neuropsychologist, psychologist and neuro-opthalmologist. Our clinicians have extensive experience in working with neurologically impaired clients, utilizing evidence-based treatment approaches which often include the very latest technology and specialty equipment.

Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center addresses sensory, motor, cognitive and behavioral processing which impact functional performance in persons with central nervous system disorders.  This includes patients with vestibular dysfunction and balance disorders, stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, concussion, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. At Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, 85% of patients seeking comprehensive outpatient services present with one of four conditions:

Vestibular Disorders

35% of adults over age 40 and 80% of adults over age 65 have experienced dizziness or vestibular dysfunction. Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital treats patients whose symptoms significantly impact the functions of daily life, such as imbalance, vertigo, nausea, blurred or bouncing vision, coordination, thinking and memory. Ear infection, head injury, and whiplash are the most common cause of vestibular disorders in people under 50 years of age, but aging brings its own set of challenges to the vestibular system. In many cases, the underlying cause of a vestibular disorder can't be determined.

Stroke 

Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in the U.S.  Most of us know the major risk factors of stroke: high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which can be medically managed.  But the primary risk factor of stroke is age which cannot be controlled.  Stroke risk doubles with each decade past age 55. Symptoms which Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital can help with include anything from partial physical or cognitive impairment, to a complete inability to walk, talk or care for oneself. 

Brain Injury

Our comprehensive outpatient neurorehabilitation program recognizes that much of a patient's recovery occurs after discharge from inpatient hospitalization. Treatment focuses on daily living skills, mobility and cognitive abilities. Vocational rehabilitation is an important component of the program for many patients. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs as a result of external forces such as falls, motor vehicle accidents, and assaults.  Non-Traumatic Brain Injury occurs as a result of internal forces such as lack of oxygen, infection, brain tumors, and exposure to toxic substances.

Concussion 

Growing awareness of the very real dangers of this mild traumatic brain injury has helped individuals realize the importance of seeking rehabilitative care when symptoms of memory loss, confusion, depression, irritability and fatigue linger.  Patients with concussion represent the fastest growing patient population of the hospital.  Since 2008, the number of patients treated for concussion at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital has grown more than tenfold. The age range of patients treated in the outpatient neurorehabilitation programs at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital over the past five years has ranged from 9 to 98 years of age.  The most significant growth has been in patients under the age of 35, with patients of the youngest ages being the fastest growing group. This is not surprising since a majority of patients being treated for concussion are high school and college-aged athletes.

Services Provided

Individual treatment sessions and therapeutic groups are facilitated by clinicians. Treatment occurs within the program area and in the community where the person needs to function. Based upon need and family/patient goals, the plan will provide for therapies to overcome problems in the areas of personal care, community mobility/problem solving, work and/or school, parenting, housekeeping, budgeting/financial management, social interactions, healthy lifestyle, leisure activities and shopping.

Program Convenience

The Neurorehab Center offers full or half day programs. Patients may attend a full day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., just a morning or an afternoon half-day session. This schedule enables caretakers to better manage their personal and professional responsibilities.

Patients participate in therapies that are provided in an environment similar to one in which the patient is expected to perform them. Individualized treatment plans are designed to help patients adapt to their environment and achieve their goals. Our positive outcomes and successful ratio of patients returning to their primary life roles reflect the success of these treatment plans.

Referral Process

A physician referral is required for admission to the program. A clinical screening assessment will be conducted to determine whether the patient will benefit from Comprehensive Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Center services. To initiate a referral, call 484-596-7880 to reach the Neurorehab Center.