St. Joseph Inpatient and Outpatient Rehabilitation Care Helps Restore Quality of Life

If you’ve suffered from an illness or injury that’s left you or a loved one unable to live independently, we can help. We offer both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services to help improve quality of life.

Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus’s inpatient rehabilitation program helps patients who have suffered severe illness or injury.

The Inpatient Rehabilitation Centers (IRCs) serve patients who need to be in a hospital setting to receive physician and nursing care and who need therapy to help them recover from a significant change in their ability to manage everyday activities for themselves.

A stay in IRC offers a special opportunity to improve one’s strength and abilities to prepare for the most independent life possible.

Who we serve
Most of our patients have experienced a major illness or trauma and are looking to regain their independence. Among those we serve are individuals who have experienced these neurologic conditions:

Stroke
Multiple Sclerosis
Non-traumatic spinal cord and brain injury
Parkinson’s disease
Other neuromuscular diseases and disorders

Our goal: help patients get back to the most independent life possible

You and your family will work hand in hand with your team of IRC staff to plan and set your goals for your IRC experience. Specially designed and individualized plans based on your needs will be developed to help you meet your goals.

We want to help our patients achieve independence and confidence in their improving skills. We work with patients to:

improve walking, moving and transferring in and out of bed or chairs
improve balance and increase strength
maximize performance in daily activities such as dressing, bathing, grooming, eating and meal preparation
improve communication skills such as speaking, following directions, reading and writing
identify and treat feeding and swallowing concerns
address memory and problem solving issues
assist in managing medications
develop skills for reentering the community through the use of music, bowling, dog-assisted therapy and interactive programs such as Wii™ game systems

Our team
We build an individualized team around each patient, including

Physiatrists – doctors who specialize in physical rehabilitation
Rehabilitation nurses
Physical therapists
Occupational therapists
Speech-language pathologists
Therapeutic recreation specialists
Clinical psychologists
Spiritual services
Orthotics and prosthetics specialists
Registered dietitians
Rehabilitation social workers

If your primary doctor is on staff at St. Joseph, we will work with him or her to provide continuity of care.

About the St. Joseph inpatient rehabilitation unit
While in our care, your attending physician will be a physiatrist, a doctor who specializes in physical medicine. Your primary doctor will co-manage your care, if he or she is on the St. Joseph medical staff.

For more information
Please contact our Admission Coordinator for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, at (414) 874-4336 if you have any questions.

Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient rehabilitation is provided at our St. Joseph Campus as well as Brown Deer and Wauwatosa outpatient center campuses. Therapy programs that are specific to those with neurologic conditions include: