Your Inpatient Rehabilitation Team

Your rehabilitation team at the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center at Virginia Hospital Center may include:

• Physiatrists (physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors) – Oversee and coordinate your rehabilitative care
• Clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists – Monitor your mental status, conduct a brief neuropsychological evaluation, and educate patients and families about how changes in neurological status affect thinking skills, emotions and behavior
• Dietitians – Help you get the nutrition you need to recover
• Nurses, including Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses (CRRNs) – Teach you about medication and self-care, help with pain management and reinforcing techniques learned in therapy
• Physical therapists (PTs) – Assess your mobility and help you regain function and quality of life
• Occupational therapists (OTs) – Evaluate and help you improve your ability to perform activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and feeding
• Pharmacists – Make sure you take medications safely
• Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) – Diagnose and treat speech, language, cognition, voice and swallowing disorders
• Respiratory therapists – Manage breathing disorders through medication, respirators and chest physical therapy
• Recreation therapists – Use arts and crafts; drama, music and dance; sports and games; aquatics; and community outings to boost your physical, social and emotional well-being
• Art therapists – Use paint, clay, oil pastels and more to help you enhance your physical, mental and emotion well-being
• Pet therapists – Bring therapy dogs that help increase healing and provide comfort and love
• Case managers – Arrange for medical equipment and therapy after discharge, acts as a liaison with your insurance company, and help address economic or social issues impacting your safe transition to home