The Day Rehabilitation Program at Akron Children’s Hospital is an intensive outpatient rehabilitation program that provides coordinated, multidisciplinary care to children, teens and young adults who have experienced a change in their functional skills, undergone extensive surgery, or experienced a traumatic or life-changing injury or illness.
The goal of the Day Rehabilitation Program is to help our patients reach their maximum potential. The program provides the intensity of an inpatient program with the cost savings of outpatient treatment. Each child receives an individualized care plan that includes comprehensive rehabilitation services and allows medically stable children and young adults to return to their homes and families each evening. The individually focused treatment ensures each child with special health care needs is able to promptly return to school, work and other daily activities that are important to the family.
Our patients include children with the following conditions:
Our team is specially trained to meet the needs of children, teens and young adults and includes:
As a team, we value:
Director, Division of Pediatric Physiatry; Medical Director, Rehabilitation; Pediatric Physiatrist; Co-director, Myelodysplasia Clinic
Pediatric Physiatrist: Director, Spasticity Clinic; Co-Director, Myelodysplasia Clinic
Akron Children’s Day Rehabilitation Program is focused on helping children, teens and young adults who have experienced a change in their functional skills, undergone extensive surgery, or experienced a life-changing illness or injury.
Our Day Rehabilitation Program uses a tool called WeeFIM® to assess our program and determine how we compare to other pediatric day treatment programs in the country.
Our WeeFIM® results show our patients achieved higher gains in functional skills than the national average. They were also discharged from the program at a higher rate.
In 2018, most of our admissions were children older than age 10, and the average age was 11.1 years.
Condition | Number of Patients | Length of Stay (Days) |
---|---|---|
Stroke | 1 | 53 |
Non-Traumatic Brain Injury | 6 | 35.5 |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
2 | 44 |
Neurologic Conditions, Excluding Cerebral Palsy | 2 | 38.5 |
Cerebral Palsy | 15 | 37.5 |
Spinal Cord Injury | 1 | 52 |
Pain Syndrome | 3 | 23.3 |
Orthopedic Conditions | 1 | 39 |
Other Disabling Impairments | 3 | 13.3 |
Debility | 2 | 48 |
Total | 36 | 35.9 |
Source: Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation |