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Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Therapies provide…

Physical (PT)
• Restore mobility/strength
• Teach transfer and walking Speech-Language Pathology
techniques (SLP)
• Develop/restore speech

Occupational (OT) production (as a result of
• Improve/restore function in trauma, surgery or stroke) or
ADLs (eating, bathing, implement functional
communication system
dressing, household tasks,
toileting) • Cognition retraining

• Cognitive retraining • Restore safe swallowing
function
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Social Worker
Social workers provide…

• Evaluation of social and
emotional factors that may • Assistance with entitlements
impact treatment and/or • Assistance with long-term
improvement
planning
• Linkage with community
• Counseling resources.
- To help improve adherence

- To provide patient and/or
caregiver support

- To develop effective coping
skills

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