Rehabilitation hospitals , also referred to as inpatient rehabilitation hospitals , are devoted to the rehabilitation of patients with various neurological , musculoskeletal, orthopedic , and other medical conditions following stabilization of their acute medical issues. The industry is largely made up by independent hospitals that operate these facilities within acute care hospitals. There are also inpatient rehabilitation hospitals that offer this service in a hospital-like setting, but separate from acute care facilities. Most inpatient rehabilitation facilities are located within hospitals .
7-591: University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute is a rehabilitation hospital located along the border of the Forest Park neighborhood of northwest Baltimore City and Woodlawn in Maryland . It lies on and is incorporated into the historic hospital building and grounds of the former James Lawrence Kernan Hospital . The hospital is now part of the University of Maryland Medical System , on
14-415: A facility. Medicare allows a lifetime total of 100 days' stay in a rehabilitation hospital per person. A rehabilitation hospital can only be accessed following a stay as an inpatient in a general hospital which has lasted for a certain number of days. The general hospital will evaluate the patient to determine if the patient will benefit from rehabilitation services. A positive determination will be made if
21-542: A per diem basis than general hospitals but which provided a higher level of professional therapies such as speech therapy , occupational therapy , and physical therapy than can be obtained in a "skilled nursing care" facility. In the United States , rehabilitation hospitals are designed to meet the requirements imposed upon them by the Medicare administration, and to bill at the rates allowed by Medicare for such
28-427: A problem in their lungs might get pulmonary rehabilitation so that their breathing becomes better. On the other hand, someone with a spine injury may need physical therapy and rehab to help restrict more damage from happening to their backs. Various types of therapy can be offered at rehabilitation facilities vary: Rehabilitation hospitals were created to meet a perceived need for facilities which were less costly on
35-576: A style that blends well with the old historic mansion and its grounds. James Lawrence Kernan (1838–1912), was a theater manager and philanthropist of the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras in Baltimore. He had the landmark Kernan Hotel (later renamed the Congress Hotel) on West Franklin Street. The " rathskeller " in the basement of the hotel (later also known as the "marble bar") was
42-510: The campus of the University of Maryland at Baltimore . The James Lawrence Kernan Hospital was built between 1860 and 1867 as Radnor Park, a two-story, five-bay, Victorian mansion. In the first decades of the 20th century, alterations were carried out to the original house which made the house over into a combination of the Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles. The additional surrounding 1920s-era hospital structures were built in
49-597: The site of the first " jazz band " music in the town when it opened in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places maintained by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1979. Rehabilitation hospital The objective of rehabilitation is to cure a patient completely. However, exact goals vary for each person. For instance, someone with
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