Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation

Comprehensive Medical Rehabilitation: Redefining Hope and Independence

The Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation is a CARF Accredited Inpatient Rehab program that admits patients ages 18 and older who demonstrate a medical need for comprehensive medical rehabilitation in a hospital setting. Criteria for admission include:

• Medical necessity for Hospitalization
• Medical necessity for daily Rehabilitation Physician care
• Medical necessity for Rehabilitation Nursing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Medical necessity for an intensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation program with the expectation to experience regular significant improvement

Admissions from acute care hospitals, home, nursing homes, and emergency rooms are appropriate to address the medical and rehabilitation needs of patients demonstrating impairments from many health conditions, including stroke, MS, Parkinsons disease, Guillain-Barre, amputations, brain injury, spinal cord injury, hip fracture, and burns. Other persons with non-trauma orthopedic, cardio-pulmonary, cancer and other conditions are also admitted when medical necessity is demonstrated.

Ability to Stay Close to Home

The Requard Center is the first and only comprehensive acute rehabilitation center of its kind for the Upper and Mid-Shore region. Centrally located at The Memorial Hospital at Easton, the center provides convenient access to services previously only found in Salisbury, Baltimore, and other metropolitan areas.

With a full service rehabilitation program available close to home, patients recovering from an accident, injury, surgery, or illnesses such as a stroke receive the best medical care while staying in daily contact with their network of family and friends.

Acute Rehabilitation: Comprehensive Care for Patients and Families

Acute rehabilitation is a comprehensive program of coordinated, integrated, interdisciplinary, services provided by or under the direction of physicians qualified or experienced in rehabilitation. Andrew McCarthy, MD, is the Medical Director of Shore Rehabilitation Services and of the Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation. A board certified neurologist and skilled rehabilitation specialist, Dr. McCarthy is recognized as a pioneer in the field of rehabilitation medicine.

Acute rehabilitation includes evaluation and treatment with an emphasis on education and training. The Requard Center program provides hospital level care 24 hours a day, seven days a week through a core team of healthcare professionals, including rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech/language therapy, case management/social work, and psychology. Therapy entails three to four hours of intense interaction six to seven days a week. Other hospital services include respiratory, pharmacy, nutrition, radiology, laboratory as well as access to orthotics and prosthetics.

Hope and Confidence

The core themes of acute rehabilitation are hope, confidence and self reliance. An experienced and specially trained multidisciplinary team treats the whole person and helps each individual rise to the occasion following a health crisis.

At the Requard Center, the clinical team works with the patient and family to develop a plan that takes the long view of recovery. During the hospital stay, individuals and their family members practice and prepare for a return to independent living. The rehab team holds daily interdisciplinary conferences focused on outcomes and discharge. Following discharge from the Requard Center, the team maintains contact with the patient to continue to assess progress and offer assistance.

Specialized rehabilitation equipment and facilities

The Requard Center consists of:

• two specialized rehabilitation gyms
• an ADL - activities of daily living - apartment complete with refrigerator, stove, sink, and laundry connected to a private room to help individuals regain confidence for independent living
• A multi-purpose education and training center has uniquely designed circular tables that adjust to various heights for dining and other activities and lift to the ceiling to create additional floor space
• Large private and semi-private patient rooms are designed to facilitate independence and socialization.

Measuring Progress

The Requard Center team uses the functional independence measuring (FIM) system to evaluate patient progress. FIM is the nationally recognized and accepted system used to evaluate patient outcomes and facilitate communication across the rehabilitation team. By using FIM, the Requard Center has the ability to compare its patient outcomes with those of over 400,000 other acute rehabilitation patients each year.

For more information about The Requard Center for Acute Rehabilitation, call 410-822-1000, ext. 5913 or ext. 5845. Or call toll free at 866-414-2067