People with amputations experience a unique comprehensive approach to rehabilitation. A combination of expert clinicians and state of the art equipment and facilities, delivered across a continuum of care, results in meaningful outcomes for each individual served.
Care begins with pre-operative assessment and consultation, and continues through a post-acute inpatient rehabilitation program which may include any or all of the following components:
- Long Term Acute Care- for individual who have complex medical issues or who have difficulty with wound healing
- Acute Rehabilitation- for individuals who are ready for intensive inpatient rehabilitation aimed at preparing them for discharge to a community setting
- Sub-Acute Rehabilitation- for individuals who are not able to tolerate intensive rehabilitation, do not have intensive medical needs, and require a longer, less intensive approach to rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation Day Program- for those who have received their prosthesis and are now ready for intensive prosthetic training that includes community re-entry, work re-entry and other higher level skills
- TherapyPlus Outpatient- for patients who need less intensive or single discipline therapy to strengthen or improve function
- Structured Independence- for patients who have completed outpatient therapy at Madonna and would benefit from structured exercise programming at ProActive Health & Fitness
Key components of Madonna's Amputation Program include:
- Medical care - each patient's care is directed by a physician who specializes in physiatry (physical medicine and rehabilitation) and/or a physician with specialization in internal medicine.
- Rehabilitation nursing are specially trained in providing care for the residual limb as well as in reinforcing self-care and mobility tasks.
- physical and/or occupational therapy for strengthening, mobility, prosthetic training, self-care and community re-entry.
- prosthetic providers, who provide consultation regarding use of a prosthetic device (artificial limb) are available and integrated into treatment.
- Use of technology such as the Body Weight Support Treadmill and Gait & Motion Analysis are useful tools for perfecting gait.
- Participation in a variety of adaptive sports and recreational outings can be integrated into therapy or just for fun.
