Stroke care is a high priority for health care organizations across the nation, and at INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital we are committed to maintaining a consistent, patient-centered approach for the delivery of care to stroke patients and to improve the lives of stroke survivors and their families.

 INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation treats patients of all ages, whose disabilities vary in severity. The impact of stroke may be:

• Weakness on one side of the body (hemiparesis)
• Paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia)
• Impaired balance or coordination
• Speech and language difficulties (aphasia)
• Trouble swallowing (dysphagia)
• Loss of emotional control and changes in mood
• Cognitive changes, problems with memory, judgment, problem-solving or any combination of these
• Impaired bowel or bladder control
• Difficulty performing daily tasks
• Fatigue

Stroke Recovery

Rehabilitation is an important part of the recovery process for stroke patients. Collaboration between our referral source and our rehabilitation professionals serves to promote the recovery of the patient by integrating the rehabilitation process early in the treatment program.

 Early intervention by rehabilitation professionals stimulates recovery in physical, cognitive, and speech deficits that result from the stroke and helps patients regain their maximum abilities in those areas.

 A patient who has suffered a stroke can be admitted to INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Hospital from another hospital, rehabilitation program or from home by a patient, physician or family referral. Our interdisciplinary team includes members from the following disciplines:

• Physical medicine physicians
• Rehabilitation nursing
• Speech/language pathology
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Nurse case management
• Social work
• Psychological services
• Recreational therapy