Inpatient Rehabilitation

Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Inpatient Services

The Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center’s highly qualified and dedicated staff employs an interdisciplinary team approach to care. Skilled services are provided in a 24-hour therapeutic environment with direct nursing care and an intensive physician-directed therapy program which includes therapies, education, and training. The services are designed to maximize the abilities and minimize the disabilities of each patient. 

Intensive rehabilitative therapy can help patients recovering from serious conditions, including:

• Neurological including stroke, spinal cord injury, and brain injury
• Cardiac
• Orthopedic and traumatic injuries
• Amputation
• Other serious medical illness

The goal of rehabilitation is to help patients regain lost function so they can live as independently as possible. This could include regaining skills necessary for daily activities; maximizing muscle control and strength; improving balance and mobility, the ability to swallow or eat, speech and communication skills; and minimizing discomfort and cognitive deficits.

Members of the patient’s clinical team participate in the patient’s care throughout treatment, rehabilitation and recovery.

The rehabilitation process is fully integrated into each patient’s total care plan, and therapists work closely with the patient’s physicians.

The Difference with Vanderbilt Rehabilitation

The inpatient rehabilitation program at the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center is designed for patients who require intensive, interdisciplinary rehabilitation services in a hospital setting. The center’s highly qualified and dedicated staff employs an interdisciplinary team approach to care.  Skilled services are provided in a 24-hour therapeutic environment with direct nursing care and an intensive physician-directed therapy program which includes therapies, education, and training. The services are designed to maximize the abilities and minimize the disabilities of each patient.

Private rooms are available at the inpatient rehabilitation unit at Newport Hospital, designed for patients who require intensive, multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs, including at least three hours of therapy per day, at least five days per week.

The unit offers skilled nursing, physician-directed therapy programs that are supported by the broad medical resources of the Lifespan medical staff, with laboratory services, pharmacy, and diagnostic imaging on site.

Each patient’s care plan is individually designed to address the special care needs of the patient, maximize their abilities, and minimize dysfunction.

Facility Highlights at Newport Hospital

• All private patient rooms, many with ocean views
• Experienced staff and health care providers
• Convenient location for patients from Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut, and Southeastern Massachusetts
• Easy access to all services offered by Lifespan including physician visits and diagnostic imaging
• Opportunities for real-life community reintegration with restaurants, retail stores and outdoor spaces

Our program has been named a Guardian of Excellence award winner four years in a row by Press Ganey Associates for the outstanding patient experience we provide.

We have two Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)-accredited programs providing the best care for our patients:

• Inpatient Rehabilitation Program for Adults
• Stroke Specialty Program for Adults