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Programme:
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Amputee Rehabilitation Program
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Numéros de téléphone:
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Rehab Intake Office: 905-521-2100 ext 40806
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Télécopie:
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Rehab Intake Office: 905-521-2359
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Adresse postale:
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300 Wellington St N
Hamilton, ON
L8L 0A4
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Carte
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Intersection:
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Wellington St N and Barton St E
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Accessibilité:
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Accessible en fauteuil roulant
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Description des services:
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Hospital inpatient amputee rehabilitation program * focuses on:
- achieving ambulation (walking/moving around) with a prosthesis or improving transfers with a prosthesis
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functional ambulation activities (e.g. stairs, ramp, curbs)practicing functional activities of daily livingidentifying and prescribing necessary equipment for dischargelearning management of life with a prosthesislearning about leisure activities and community reintegrationregular educations with ongoing individual education as required
Services provided by a physiatrist, nurses, nutritionist, prosthetist, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, pharmacist, recreation therapist, and social workers
Typical stays last 4 to 6 weeks
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Procédé et formulaires:
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Medical referral required
For Health Service Providers - Centralized intake process through Hamilton Health Sciences Intake Office
Internal - Referral entered in EPIC system
External - Submit referral form by fax
Refer to "Regional Rehabilitation Referral Process and Admission Criteria"
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Admissibilité / population desservie:
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People in need of rehabilitative care related to amputations * patient goals must include desire and motivation to use a prosthesis * must have attainable functional goals related to mobility and transfers with the aid of a prosthetic device * must have identified a discharge destination
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