Oncology Program

The Oncology Program at New England Rehabilitation Hospital employs a specialized interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. The program provides comprehensive acute rehabilitation services for the multifaceted medical, psychological and functional needs of individuals with cancer related disabilities and their families in a community milieu. The mission of the oncology program is to maximize functional independence through functional restoration and adaptive strategies training, family teaching, pain and symptom management.

Goals

Our Oncology Rehabilitation Program is designed to help patients:

• Maximize functional independence
• Maximize emotional/psycho-social well-being
• Provide therapeutic exercise for functional restoration
• Teach adaptive strategies
• Maximize family teaching
• Provide pain/symptom management

Program Components

Through a team-treatment approach to patient care, New England Rehabilitation Hospital's physicians, nurses, therapists, and support staff provide a full-range of medical and therapeutic services.

Program components include:

• 24-Hour Physician Coverage
• Rehabilitation Nursing Care
• Case Management
• Comprehensive Therapeutic Services
• Patient-Family Education/Support
• Psycho-social Services