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The Neurological Rehabilitation Program

A neurological rehabilitation program is designed to meet the needs of the individual patient, depending upon the specific problem or disease. Active involvement of the patient and family is vital to the success of the program.
The goal of neurological rehabilitation is to help the patient return to the highest level of function and independence possible, while improving the overall quality of life - physically, emotionally, and socially.

In order to help reach these goals, neurological rehabilitation programs may include the following:

• Assistance with activities of daily living (adls) such as eating, dressing, bathing, toileting, handwriting, cooking, and basic housekeeping
• Speech therapy to help patients with speaking, reading, writing, or swallowing
• Stress, anxiety, and depression management
• Bladder and bowel retraining
• Activities to improve mobility (movement), muscle control, gait (walking), and balance
• Exercise programs to improve movement, prevent or decrease weakness caused by lack of use, manage spasticity and pain, and maintain range of motion
• Social and behavioral skills retraining
• Nutritional counseling
• Involvement in community support groups
• Activities to improve cognitive impairments, such as problems with concentration, attention, memory, and poor judgment
• Help with obtaining assistive devices that promote independence
• Patient and family education and counseling
• Safety and independence measures and home care needs
• Pain management
• Stress management and emotional support
• Nutritional counseling
• Vocational counseling