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