Shepherd Center - A Catastrophic Care Hospital

Shepherd Center’s rehabilitation program for people who have experienced a stroke focuses on helping people relearn skills that are lost when part of the brain is damaged.

Our team also teaches survivors new ways of performing tasks to circumvent or compensate for any residual disabilities.

Patients may need to learn how to bathe and dress using only one hand, or how to communicate effectively when their ability to use language has been compromised.

Rehabilitative therapy at Shepherd Center involves promoting independent movement because many patients are paralyzed or seriously weakened. Our team of nurses and therapists help patients perform progressively more complex and demanding tasks, such as bathing, dressing, and using a toilet, and they encourage patients to begin using their stroke-impaired limbs while engaging in those tasks. Beginning to reacquire the ability to carry out these basic activities of daily living represents the first stage in a stroke survivor's return to functional independence.

For some stroke survivors, rehabilitation will be an ongoing process to maintain and refine skills and could involve working with specialists for months or years after the stroke.

Outcomes

Shepherd Center has created an “outcomes scorecard” and posted it online so that you easily access our outcomes data.

Our hope is that this data will help families, referral sources and the medical community make more informed decisions about the care of their loved ones and patients. Click on the image below to view our outcomes scorecard, or simply click here >>