Inpatient Rehabilitation

Welcome to Inpatient Rehabilitation

East Jefferson General Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation unit offers a cozy private-room facility to patients recovering from illness and injury. Our program has been accredited since 1991 by the Commission of Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities and received the Stroke Specialty Program accreditation in 2018. East Jefferson General Hospital was the first in Louisiana to be recognized as an American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Hospital and is a Comprehensive Stroke Center accredited by the Joint Commission. Our rehab team offers one-of-a-kind care for one-of-a-kind people. We want to help our patients reach their goals and regain their independence.

Pre-admission qualifying criteria:

• The patient will require the active and ongoing therapeutic intervention of multiple therapy disciplines (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, or prosthetics/orthotics), one of which will be physical or occupational therapy.
• The patient will require an intensive rehabilitation therapy program consisting of at least 3 hours of therapy per day, at least 5 days per week or at least 15 hours of intensive rehabilitation therapy within a 7 consecutive day period.
• The patient can reasonably be expected to actively participate in, and benefit significantly from, the intensive rehabilitation therapy program at the time of admission.
• The patient requires physician supervision by a rehabilitation physician to assess the patient both medically and functionally, as well as to modify the course of treatment as needed.
• The patient requires an intensive and coordinated interdisciplinary approach to providing rehabilitation.

The rehab team includes:

• Rehab Physician/Neurologist
• Physical Therapist
• Occupational Therapist
• Speech Therapist
• Rehab Nurse
• Personal Care Technician
• Social Worker
• Pharmacist
• Dietitian
• Admission Specialist

Additional information

Admissions
Phone: 504.503.5576
Fax: 504.503.4856