About Rehabilitation Services

Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) offers a comprehensive set of multi-disciplinary rehabilitation services for patients in post-acute stages of recovery from cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, or orthopedic incidents. Good Samaritan’s physicians, physical, occupational and speech therapists, and assistants work with patients and families to provide a seamless path to complete rehabilitation.

What Is Rehabilitation?

Rehabilitation is a branch of medicine that restores function to patients affected by physical disability by injury, cardio-pulmonary disease, stroke, and other causes. It emphasizes a combination of exercise, physical modalities and functional training.

Common conditions that are treated in rehabilitation include:

• Amputation   
• Aphasia (Language impairment) 
• Cognitive Linguistic Impairments 
• Congestive Heart Failure  
• Diabetes   
• Dysarthria (slurred speech) 
• Dysphagia (Impaired Swallowing)
• Incontinence and Pelvic Pain 
• Joint replacement  
• Lymphedemia Disorders   
• Open Heart Surgery  
• Parkinsons Disease  
• Respiratory Failure/COPD 
• Stroke    
• Traumatic brain injury  
• Voice Disorders