CHI Health Good Samaritan Rehab Celebrates 30 Years
The 13-bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (IRU) at CHI Health Good Samaritan is celebrating 30 years of providing acute physical, occupational and speech therapy. Good Samaritan was the first hospital in the region to offer this type of comprehensive care in a hospital setting.
The community, including former patients and staff, are invited to an open house from 3 until 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 on the hospital’s 3rd floor. Participants are asked to enter the hospital through the Emergency entrance, parking lot A. Masking and screening policies will be followed.
In addition to tours of the unit, staff will provide demonstrations of the therapy gym’s newest equipment.
The iCare body weight supported system, an intelligently controlled assistive rehabilitation elliptical/treadmill, is the latest advancement in helping stroke and trauma patients regain their ability to walk.
The Xcite 2 allows clinicians to initiate and assist limb movement for patients who are unable. The 12 leads of this functional estim system can stimulate a variety of different muscles, simultaneously, restoring movement.
Last fiscal year, the IRU cared for 241 patients – the largest number since it opened in 1992.
“Knowing that our patients and their families can stay close to home, and don’t have to travel for quality care and leading-edge technology, is a real source of pride for our staff,” says Shelly Jorges, Inpatient Rehabilitation and Stroke Program coordinator. “As the area’s Primary Stroke Center and designated Level II Trauma Center, our patients can be with us for some time and they become like family. It is such a joy, so fulfilling, to see them regain functional independence and quality of life. We’re celebrating 30 years of those life-changing moments.”
The hospital is celebrating the anniversary during National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Sept. 19-25.