Actue Inpatient Rehab Unit

Q: What is the admission procedure?

The John Muir Physical Rehabilitation Center accepts referrals from hospital case managers, physicians and insurance case managers. A licensed clinician / referral coordinator evaluates patient for admission. This service is free of charge. The referral coordinator can be reached at (925) 947-5252.

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Q: What are the admission criteria?

• Appropriate rehab diagnosis needing two or more disciplines such as physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.
• Medically stable but requires continued medical monitoring and twenty four hour rehab nursing.
• Adequate endurance for three hours of therapy a day.
• Cognitive and behavioral issues will not preclude participation and progress.
• Planned /anticipated discharge to other than Skilled Nursing Facility, i.e. home, relativeÕs home, residential living program, board and care.
• Payor source

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Q: What type of diagnosis do you treat?

• Stroke
• Brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Multiple sclerosis
• Guillian Barre syndrome
• Transverse Myelitis

• Orthopedic injury/Multiple trauma
• Hip fractures
• Amputation
• Polyarthritis

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Q: What types of services are provided?

A: Our interdisciplinary team includes:

• Physiatrists
• Rehab nurses
• Physical therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Speech therapists
• Hand therapists
• Neuropyschologists
• Recreational therapists
• Social workers /Case Managers
• Dieticians
• Orthotist/Prosthetists

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