Express Recovery Unit

• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech-Language Pathology
• E-Stim/Ultrasound therapy
• Respiratory Therapy
  
• Restorative Nursing

Quality Care

Capitol House has an outstanding reputation for excellence and compassion in service provision.  Due to the regulatory changes by CMS for orthopedic patients, we have created a specialized orthopedic environment.  In our efforts to continue to meet the expanding needs of individuals and families, we are proud to present our Express Recovery Unit and Rehabilitation Team.  The Express Recovery Unit is designed for fast recovery and quality outcomes

Short Term Rehabilitation offers the care and rehabilitation services to get you home quickly.

Long Term Rehabilitation offers the same rehabilitation services as well as restorative nursing to help you maintain your current lifestyle and independence.

Home Health – During your stay at Capitol House, we’ll arrange a home health service to fit our needs after you return home so there is no break in rehabilitation services.  Please see our “Links” page for some of the best home health agencies available.

Express Recovery Unit Specialty Programming Includes:

• Community Re-entry
• Post Total Joint Replacement
• Joint Protection and Energy Conservation
• Adaptive Equipment Training
• Compensatory Techniques and Strategies
• Home Evaluation and Environmental Safety
• Falls/Restraint Reduction
• Rehab Dining
• Pain Management
• Intravenous Feeding & Therapy
• Caregiver Education and Training

Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapy

Capitol House provides licensed Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists to meet the needs of our residents.  We strongly believe in the “Quality of Life” and provide support and rehabilitative services to promote such.  Our programs are broad enough to meet the needs of our entire population, while giving a great deal of individual attention to each resident.

Restorative Nursing

Under the direction of our Express Recovery Unit, the Capitol House Restorative Nursing staff utilizes input from each department to create an individualized pathway for every resident.  Our goal is to return each individual to their highest practicable physical, mental, and psychological functional level and well being.

Program Goals

Our goal at Capitol House is to return each resident to his/her highest level of function.  Individual programs are tailored to include goals that will ensure that appropriate functional skills can be identified, learned, safely implemented and reinforced.  We have answered the call for an environment that allows intensive specialized services, and produces outcomes worthy of a patient population that desires to return home or to an independent living environment.

Our Orthopedic Program provides a therapeutic, holistic approach that meets the highest standards of quality in the most cost-effective and value-added manner.   Capitol House meets federal and state regulations, and requirements of most third party payers. 

What YOU Need To Know

The “Medicare 75%” Rule
The Medicare 75% Rule limits the number of patients the hospitals can treat for such common problems as hip and knee replacements, and encourages patients to get short-term rehabilitation in skilled-nursing facilities, such as Capitol House with our Express Recovery Unit.

Background on the Medicare 75% Rule
Medicare pays inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) at a higher rate than other hospitals because IRFs are designed to offer specialized rehabilitation care to patients with the MOST intensive needs.  For example:  stroke, spinal-cord injury, amputation, burns and neurological disorders.

The 75% Rule has been part of the criteria for defining IRFs since the implementation of the inpatient PPS in 1983.  The purpose is to insure that the IRF is primarily involved in providing intensive rehab services to patients that can’t be serviced in other settings, such as the Express Recovery Unit with Capitol House.

In 2004, CMS expanded the criteria to 13 medical conditions in order to qualify for IRF.  Many patients were forced in to other areas that need a specialty orthopedic unit.  Don’t let this happen to you.  YOU decide on the facility in which you will receive the best care and most specialized treatment available.  These services are available at Capitol House in our Express Recovery Unit.

The majority of our residents in the Express Recovery Unit are only at Capitol House for 30-60 days.  We will arrange a home health service that best suits your individual needs so there is no break in rehabilitation services.   Put the burden of rehabilitation services on the Express Recovery Unit and you will see outstanding results.

For more information, please contact:

Karen Brand, Admissions Coordinator
225-275-0474
225-275-6096 (fax)
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Patrick Rambin, Administrator
225-275-0474
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