Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center is a rehabilitation hospital located in Downey, California, USA. His name in Spanish means "Friends of the Farm".
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Histori
The Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, or Rancho , dates back to 1888 when poor patients from Los Angeles County Hospital moved to what became known as Los Angeles County Poor Farm. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy began in the late 1920s. Rancho quickly developed after being established as a respiratory center for polio patients in 1951. In 1955, Dr. Vernon L. Nickel developed a halo vest, a tool still used to paralyze the cervical spine after severe or specific neck injuries. type of operation. Drs. Jacquelin Perry and Robert Waters contributed to advances in patokinesiology and treatment of spinal cord injury, and other advances in the rehabilitation of orthopedic and neurologic disorders that were made in subsequent years. The Rancho Los Amigos scale, a widely used scale for determining cognitive levels in brain injury patients, was developed in the 1970s.
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Today
The Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center is one of the largest comprehensive medical rehabilitation centers in the US that provides services to various individuals with catastrophic diseases and injuries.
Rancho specializes in helping patients with disabilities regain skills and learn techniques to achieve basic activities of everyday life, and return to work or school whenever possible.
For more than two decades, Rancho was ranked "America's Best Hospital" in Rehabilitation Treatment by U.S.News & amp; World Report. In 2011, U.S.News ranked Downey, California-based hospital 7 among 138 hospitals rated in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Rancho is licensed for 207 beds. The clinic cares for about 4,000 inpatients and conducts 78,000 outpatient visits annually. Hospitals provide rehabilitation services in stroke, spinal cord injuries, brain injury, pediatrics, orthopedics and diabetes care, pressure ulcer management, limb preservation and post-amputation care. This service helps patients to gain as much independence as possible so they can return to their family, school or work if possible.
As part of the rehabilitation of the health care system of the Los Angeles County Health Department, Rancho became an enhanced medical home for strokes and spinal cord injuries, providing lifetime care for seniors and the disabled. Rancho continues to pioneer creative programs that promote recovery, community reintegration and independence for people who are recovering from or living with physical disabilities, including programs such as:
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- Day Rehabilitation Program
- Rancho Wellness Center
- Patient Achievement Program KnowBarriers
- Acute Stroke Service
- Advanced Robotics Center
- Virtual Reality Center
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Pathokinesiology Laboratory
- Adult Day Service and Alzheimer's Day Care Resource Center
- Rehabilitation Technology Center
- Spinal Cord Injury Project
- Parents with Disabilities
- Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities
- Advanced Diagnostic/Monitoring Laboratory
- Telemedicine
These programs serve the needs of patients directly and provide advocacy, research platforms, education, and easy access to services.
Rancho also provides patients with many innovative patient programs that seek to promote self-esteem and achieve independence. These include:
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- Rancho Art Program
- Don Knabe's Doctor's Art Program
- Rancho Performing Arts
- The Wheelchair Wheelchair Program
- Therapeutic Horse Riding Program
- Spinal Injury Game
- The Patient Fashion Show
- The Winter Therapy Sports Program
- Pet Therapy Program
- Children's Carnival Day
- Rancho Stroke Walk
Rancho continues its mission of providing every patient with the best medical and rehabilitation services, while advancing the service delivery and access model of one of the country's best physical care and rehabilitation facilities.
References
External links
- Official website
- This hospital is in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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