Inpatient Rehab
Inpatient rehabilitation
Our inpatient rehabilitation facility includes 24 private bedrooms for patients recovering from illness and injury. Our tailored treatment plans provide at least three hours of therapy a day, five days a week. Our program has been accredited since 1991 by the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and received the Stroke Specialty Program accreditation in 2018. East Jefferson General Hospital has been recognized as an ANCC Magnet Hospital, the 1st in Louisiana, and is a Comprehensive Stroke Center accredited by the Joint Commission. Our rehab team offers you and your family personalized care to help you maximize your independence and reach your goals.
For more information about inpatient rehabilitation, check out our brochure here or read our 2023 disclosure statement here. You can also find information on our stroke support group here.
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
Providing patient care for:
- Stroke
- Brain injury
- Orthopedic injury
- Neurological disorders
- Spinal cord injury
- Amputations
- General medical
Call 504.503.5576 to see if you qualify for inpatient rehab.
What patients have to say
- The entire staff that I encountered was caring and helpful.
- I would like to express how grateful I am to have received the very professional and friendly care.
- They treated me with understanding and dignity.
- I will recommend EJGH Rehabilitation to everyone.
- All of my nurses went out of their way to help me.
- The therapy and care that I got on the unit really gave me jump a start on recovering at home and getting back to work and the outside world.
- My husband going to rehab proved to be an excellent way for him to regain his strength and endurance.
