For LTAC Case Managers

If you are an LTAC case manager or physician who has referred a patient to Shepherd Center, or if you are considering a referral, please use the secure messaging functions of this site to:

Why Shepherd Center?

Shepherd Center is the place to refer patients who have a goal of completing a comprehensive rehabilitation program and who have a sound discharge plan for returning home to family.

Shepherd Center is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital exclusively devoted to treatment for spinal cord injury, brain injury and other neuromuscular problems.

Helping You Help Your Patients

Shepherd Center provides medical and rehabilitation care for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury and other neuromuscular problems.

Shepherd Center has a proven reputation for excellent outcomes, holistic care and returning patients to home and active community lives. We are able to treat most of your medically complex patients.

Shepherd Center specializes in treating the patient, as well as the patient’s family members. We help ease the burden with:

- Complimentary housing for families during rehabilitation stay

- Family training on all aspects of patient care

- Psychological counseling for families and patients

- Pastoral support

- Peer support groups

Specialty Rehabilitation Programs

Shepherd Center has specialized treatment teams that are dedicated to:

- Adolescent patients

- Adult patients

- Senior patients (age 50 and older)

- Ventilator-dependent patients

- Critical Care Patients (transfer from your ICU to our ICU)

- Patients with a dual diagnosis of spinal cord and brain injury

- Patients who require medical/surgical care

Comprehensive Post-Acute Continuum

- SCI, ABI Day Programs

- Beyond Therapy

- NeuroRecovery Network

- Diaphragm Pacing Stimulation

Types of Patients to Refer

- Patients with spinal cord injuries

- Patients with acquired brain injuries (including low level with signs of emerging)

- Has strong possibility to return home

- Could benefit from functional training

Patient Populations

- Adolescent patients (age 12 and older)

- Senior patients (age 50 and older)

- Ventilator dependent patients

- Patients transferred from ICU to Shepherd Center ICU

- Patients with a dual diagnosis of spinal cord and brain injury

- Patients who require medical/surgical care

Diagnoses Appropriate for Shepherd Center

Shepherd Center offers acute to post-acute medical and rehabilitation treatment to patients with a new injury or a recent onset of illness for the following diagnoses:

Traumatic spinal cord injury for patients age 12 and older that has resulted in:

- Paraplegia

- Tetraplegia

- High tetraplegia (including ventilator-dependent patients)

Non-traumatic spinal cord injuries, including:

- Transverse myelitis

- Guillian-Barré syndrome

- Spinal cord infarction

Acquired brain injury for patients ages 12-65 including:

- Traumatic brain injury

- Encephalitis

- Anoxia Tumor

- Stroke patients (age 65 and younger)

- Patients who are semi-comatose or minimally conscious

- Dual diagnosis (spinal cord and brain injury)

More Information

For more information, contact our Admissions Department by phone at 800-SHEPHERD (800-743-7437) or email us.

Or visit the Admissions area of the Shepherd Center Web site.