Movement Disorders Program
New England Rehabilitation Hospital offers a program designed to meet the needs of individuals with progressive neurologic disabilities. The program's comprehensive capacity includes expertise in evaluation, prognosis, long term rehabilitation planning, disability-related medical disorders, and readiness to manage future bouts of disability. The program emphasizes efficient rehabilitative management of chronic progressive neurological disorders via realistic goal setting and short, goal-directed courses of treatment. Patient and family education focus on ongoing symptom management and health maintenance to enable optimal functioning and quality of life throughout the course of the disease.
Program Components
Using an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on adjustment, support, education, skill achievement, and reintegration into the community, the program includes:
Program components include:
- AutoAmbulator Gait Training
- Bioness H200
- Bioness L300
- Comprehensive Medical Management
- Therapeutic Exercise and Functional Mobility/Activities Program
- Functional Communication Program
- Splinting & Orthotics (as needed)
- Cognitive/Perceptual Re-Training
- Patient/Family Education & Support
- Community Re-entry Program
- Case Management
- Weekly Team Meeting/Family Conference
- Self-Medication Program
- Return to Driving Evaluation
- Comprehensive Outpatient Services
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