Cancer Rehabilitation Program at Kingsbrook Rehabilitation Institute
Scope of Services
The Cancer Rehabilitation Program at Kingsbrook Rehabilitation Institute
offers a holistic interdisciplinary team approach to treat the impairments,
activity limitations and participation restrictions of persons diagnosed
with cancer.
The goal of the program is to provide the person served with individualized
treatments that will optimize and maximize function and deliver care in
a sensitive and compassionate manner by competent clinicians who advocate
for their needs.
Our staff recognizes that cancer affects both the person served and their
families and our treatments are guided by their preferences and personal
goals. The person served is provided with resources that emphasize wellness
and an active lifestyle. Our skilled clinicians communicate and collaborate
with other healthcare providers involved in the care of the person served.
The program offers a variety of services in both inpatient and outpatient
settings that provide interventions in preventive, restorative, supportive
and palliative rehabilitation that optimize function, promote healthy
lifestyles, provide psychological and coping skills, emphasize participation
in life roles and educate the person served and their families.
The effects of cancer and its treatment on the person served may include
fatigue, swelling of limbs (lymphedema), balance dysfunction, sensory
loss, nerve pain (neuropathy), swallowing dysfunction, weakness, memory
loss, depression and anxiety.
To optimize function, our program offers the following services to address
these impairments in our inpatient rehabilitation unit or in our outpatient
rehabilitation clinic.
- Physiatry ( doctors who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation)
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Pathology
- Neuropsychology
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Social work and case management
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Recreational Therapy
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Persons served are admitted to our inpatient rehabilitation facility where
they receive 3 hours of individualized therapy services per day under
the direct care of a physiatrist. There is medical coverage 24 hours per
day, 7 days per week as well as nursing care. The typical length of stay
is 10-14 days, however this may be shorter or longer depending on needs
of the person served. The majority of our patients make functional gains
and return back to the community following discharge. Since the inpatient
cancer rehabilitation program is located in an acute care medical center,
in addition to the above mentioned services, medical, psychiatric and
surgical consultations are available in case they are needed as well as
intensive care units. Our social work and case management staff works
closely with the person served to ensure a safe discharge to the most
appropriate setting.
Outpatient Rehabilitation
The person served can continue his or her care in the outpatient cancer
rehabilitation program at Kingsbrook following discharge or be referred
directly by their oncologist. The services provided include:
- Physiatry (doctors who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation)
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Pathology
- Neuropsychology
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Contact Information: 718-604-5952
Location: Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center 585 Schenectady Avenue Brooklyn NY 11203
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