Acute Rehabilitation

We offer patient-and-family-centred, specialized, and intensive rehabilitation services.

Your team

Who are we?

Your team may include nurses, doctors, physiatrists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech-language pathologists, recreation therapists, aquatic therapists, psychologists, dieticians, rehabilitation engineers and techs, rehabilitation assistant, social workers, pharmacists, and teachers who provide care to children with a range of cognitive and physical disabilities.

What do we do?

We:

assess the needs of your child
help develop a plan with you based on your child/family goals
provide goal-based intensive therapy for your child in a team environment
provide child-specific education and training support for you and community care providers to:

help you and your child care for yourselves independently, have a successful return home, and participate in your community

transition you into the community:

connect you to community resources and supports
help (re)integrate your child into school

provide postoperative care (eg. gastrostomy tube, orthopedic) including teaching and therapy
provide supportive care of medically complex and fragile children and/or those with high care needs

Who do we see?

Children, youth, and their families from across BC aged birth to 19 years:

with acquired brain injuries
with physical disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy
with spinal cord injuries
with other diseases/conditions that require acute rehabilitation (e.g cancer treatments) and transition planning to support their return to their home community
who need specialized medical care such as post-operative G-tubes or Baclofen pumps

Your visit

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Sharing the care

We want you, the parent or caregiver, to be an active partner in all aspects of your child’s care. You have a right to the information you need to help you make good decisions and give the best possible care to your child. You have a right to be respected as the person who knows your child best.

It is important that parents and staff talk to each other each day about planning your child’s care. Weekly meetings happen in the afternoons where you, as part of the team, can talk about your child’s progress and plan daily and weekly goals. It is also a great time to ask questions. When your child is admitted, the Clinical Nurse Coordinator or Social Worker will talk to you about your child's meetings.

General inpatient rehabilitation

Some examples of conditions or care needs we serve in this program area are:

Postoperative gastrostomy tube or orthopedic surgery care and management
Seating, positioning, and mobility
Splinting
Wound care
Pressure management
Casts and traction
Tone management
Conditions other than brain injury that require a period of rehabilitation (e.g. complex pain, Guillian Barre)
Tracheostomy care
Oxygenation support (including BI-PAP or CPAP)
Seizure management

Care may include assessment, treatment, patient, family and community caregiver education, training and support, and transition back to the community and home.