Rehabilitation

We know you want to get back home as quickly as possible. At Ponca City, you’ll enjoy a private room in which to rest and recover. Our rehabilitation team is here to help you with the most up-to-date programs and technology. Services include:

  • Physical therapy – to restore your physical functioning and reduce related pain.
  • Occupational therapy – so you can resume your activities of daily living, like eating, dressing, and bathing.
  • Speech therapy – treating challenges with speech or swallowing that may be caused by stroke, dementia, or other factors.

Our rehabilitation staff includes physicians experienced in geriatrics; registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants; physical, occupational and speech therapists; dietary and nutrition specialists; and discharge planners and social workers.

Based on your current abilities and your physician’s orders, our staff will create a customized rehabilitation program that may include:

Therapy services

  • Electrical stimulation
  • Restorative nursing
  • Thermal modalities – moist heat
  • Ultrasound therapy

Specialized programs

  • Physician-directed rehab program
  • Aphasia/dysphagia/cognition management
  • CHF management
  • Communication
  • Fall risk management
  • Hip and knee surgery recovery
  • Management of urinary incontinence
  • Medically complex patients
  • Stroke recovery