How to Manage Your Loved One’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Stay

Will your loved one stay in a short term rehabilitation facility after an illness, injury, or surgery? There are many things you can do to help make their experience more pleasant and successful.

First, read our articles about:

• How to Manage a Discharge from a Hospital or Rehabilitation Center
• How to Manage a Discharge to an Inpatient Rehabilitation Center

The National Institute of Health US National Library of Medicine provides helpful articles about What happens during your stay.

The United Hospital Fund, via its Next Step in Care* program, publishes a family caregiver’s guide to “Short-Term Rehab Services in an Inpatient Setting.” Among the topics addressed in the guide are:

• Choosing your rehab setting (including the impact of hospital observation status)
• Rehab services
• Going from hospital to rehab
• Factors that affect a patient’s rehab progress
• Paying for rehab services (including Medicare coverage requirements and clarification about the “continued improvement” rule)
• Going home from rehab

The Next Step in Care* Program also offers a Family Caregiver’s Guide to Care Coordination.

How Care is There can Help:

If you are a long distance caregiver or already busy with career and family responsibilities, you may not be able to be your loved one’s care coordinator. Care is There can help. We can:

• Help you choose the rehabilitation center (see our article on “How to Manage a Discharge from a Hospital or Rehabilitation Center”)
• Help your loved one transition from the hospital to the rehabilitation center
• Attend care planning meetings to monitor care and progress
• Help your loved one get the most out of their rehabilitation experience by:
  • Ensuring therapists understand your loved one and their preferences
  • Encouraging your loved one and helping them stay motivated
• Clarify insurance coverage and advocate for the most comprehensive coverage
• Troubleshoot problems and challenges
• Communicate progress to you
• Manage the transition home when rehabilitation is complete (see our article on “How to Manage a Discharge to Home”)

Resources for Inpatient Rehabilitation

• National Institute of Health US National Library of Medicine
• United Hospital Fund “Next Step in Care” Program*

*The United Hospital Fund requires the posting of this disclaimer when linking to their website: “The United Hospital Fund is not responsible for information or advice provided by others, including information on websites that link to Next Step in Care and on third party sites to which the Next Step in Care links. Please direct any questions to nextstepincare@uhfnyc.org.”

Next Steps

Can’t be with your loved one to manage their stay in a rehabilitation center?

Contact Care is There today for a free consultation!

Central Virginia: 434.326.5323
Toll Free: 800.434.1633
Email: Info@CareisThere.com

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