Akron Children's Inpatient Rehabilitation Program treats children and young adults who have experienced traumatic and life-changing illness or injury. Our mission is to help our patients and families focus on abilities, not disabilities, by encouraging kids to be kids. Our doctors, nurses, therapists and other clinicians use their expertise to help patients build skills to function independently as they recover. We use intensive physical, occupational and speech therapy to help facilitate recovery. After discharge from the hospital, patients transition to our intensive Day Rehabilitation Program or outpatient therapies as needed.
Akron Children's Inpatient Rehabilitation Program has received the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. We are the only pediatric rehabilitation service in the region that treats every stage of the recovery process including:
Because we provide the full spectrum of care, your child can receive all their rehabilitation services at Akron Children’s, including inpatient care in a dedicated unit. This continuity of care improves patient outcomes, including shorter lengths of hospital stay and greater gains in functional abilities than the national average.
Our patients have suffered loss of functional independence due to neurological or musculoskeletal illnesses or injuries, including:
Our team is specially trained to meet the needs of infants, children and teens and includes:
As a team, we value:
View our scope of services here.
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 Inpatient Rehabilitation Program is focused on helping children and teens recover from serious illness or injury, ranging from traumatic brain injuries to orthopedic conditions.
Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Program uses a tool called WeeFIM® to assess our program and determine how we compare to other pediatric inpatient rehabilitation programs in the country.
Our WeeFIM® results show our patients achieved higher functional gains and a greater level of independence than the national average. The number of days our patients stayed in the hospital was less than the national average.
In 2021, most of our admissions were children older than age 10, and the average age of our patients is 11.4 years.
Condition | Number of Patients | Length of Stay (Days) |
---|---|---|
Stroke | 3 | 20 |
Non-Traumatic Brain Injury | 11 | 25.7 |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
9 | 29.9 |
Neurologic Conditions, Excluding Cerebral Palsy | 3 | 18.7 |
Cerebral Palsy | 8 | 13.6 |
Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Dysfunction | 3 | 23.3 |
Traumatic Spinal Cord Dysfunction | 2 | 84 |
Orthopedic Conditions | 1 | 8 |
Pulmonary | 4 | 11 |
Burns | 1 | 15 |
Other Disabling Impairments | 1 | 77 |
Major Multiple Trauma | 3 | 11.7 |
Debility | 10 | 16.1 |
Amputations, Arthritis and Cardiac | 3 | 11 |
Total | 62 | Avg. 22.4 |
Source: Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation |