Mercy Health — Anderson Hospital Acute Rehabilitation Unit

When you suffer a disabling injury or illness, all you want to do is get better. That’s why Mercy Health Acute Rehabilitation Units offer inpatient rehab services to help you get back to your active, healthy life faster.

We’re here to help if you’ve experienced:

• Amputation
• Brain injury
• Cardiac
• Hip fractures or hip replacement
• Joint replacement
• Major trauma
• Orthopedic pain trauma
• Polyarthritis (inflammation in two or more joints) and rheumatoid arthritis
• Progressive neurological issues, like Guillain-Barre syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s disease
• Pulmonary/respiratory
• Spinal cord injury
• Stroke

What makes us different

Unlike a skilled nursing facility, we can offer a higher intensity of physical, occupational and speech therapy, three hours of combined therapy per day. That’s because we perform rehab in a hospital setting, so we’re able to handle more serious medical issues with doctors and nurses who specialize in rehabilitation. These services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Our team

Making the adjustment from hospital to home can be hard. That’s why we offer the full support of a specialized and experienced treatment team that includes:

• Consulting and primary care doctors
• Medical equipment suppliers
• Nursing assistants
• Occupational therapists
• Orthotic prosthetic specialists
• Physical therapists
• Physiatrists (rehabilitation doctors)
• Registered nurses
• Social worker
• Speech language pathologists
• Dietary specialists

How is the acute rehabilitation unit different than a skilled nursing facility?

• Medical care and therapy led by multidisciplinary medical team
• A minimum of three hours of intensive therapy per day, five days a week
• Ability to manage wounds, dialysis and complex medical conditions
• May provide home visits if a need is determined by your therapy team

Testimonials

“This rehab center is well run, the staff is well trained and I would recommend this rehab center to anyone because of the care that was provided.”

“This is the best hospital and the best people. Every step of the way everyone was helpful and caring. There couldn't be a better place to be taken care of.”

“Overall fantastic. I was told this unit had great staff, and they lived up to it. I would not mind coming back if I had to.”

“This has been a wonderful experience. The doctors care about you, the therapy staff pushes you to make you better. Everyone was very kind and therapy knew what they were doing. The program was above and beyond. The one thing I really appreciated here, each time I needed to be changed, it was with respect. I liked that the nursing staff was a bit older, and again, each time it was with respect. I wish I would have come to this rehab unit a lot sooner than I did.”

“I would recommend this rehab center to anyone that needs help, I was rewarded with smiles and good comments which was excellent. The therapy staff was great!”

“This was the best rehab place I have ever been to, and I've been to several. I have so much fun in therapy I am going to miss it.”

“The staff here in ARU has been wonderful. They have been respectful, encouraging, helpful and kind. I will highly recommend Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital ARU to any of my friends that might need rehab in the future.”