Supported Living (SLS) and Short Term Rehabilitation (STRU)

Supported Living Services is a residential option for clients needing personal care while participating in Vocational Training. Depending on the level of need, clients receive minimal to maximal assistance in basic hygiene, dressing, and related activities of daily living. In SLS, each client is assigned a primary attendant responsible for ensuring their needs are met, and for providing individualized instruction in attendant management issues when appropriate. Each client is also assigned a Primary Nurse who guides them in becoming informed self-advocates related to their health care needs and medical supplies. This Primary Nurse works with the client to develop a medical and personal care plan that prepares the individual for community re-entry.

The Short Term Rehabilitation Unit at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center provides a residential living option for individuals with disabilities to receive comprehensive, client focused, outpatient rehabilitative services which enable them to achieve their potential for self-sufficiency within their home and community.

The Short Term Rehabilitation Unit (STRU) provides a 24-hour therapeutic environment that accommodates clients requiring advanced rehabilitation programs. STRU serves individuals with disabilities that may include spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis and amputation. This unit serves clients ages 18+ who have participated in acute rehabilitation and have had time to psychologically and physically adjust to their disability. These medically stable clients often are more prepared to participate fully in goal setting, educational classes, medical therapies, driver’s training, assistive technology and vocational assessments. These are clients who no longer meet inpatient criteria, but still require additional therapy and/or vocational evaluations to maximize their level of independence and employability. We encourage most clients to pursue a course on the STRU that improves their vocational readiness. Programs are individually designed to meet unique client needs.

STRU has a team of professional physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, a case manager, nurses, and attendants. The attending physician is Board Certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and is certified in pain management and electrodiagnostic medicine. Each client is assigned a Primary Nurse who guides the client in becoming informed self-advocates related to their health care needs and medical supplies. The rehabilitation team works with the client to develop a medical and personal care plan that prepares the individual for community re-entry. Skills addressed in daily therapies are continued on the nursing unit on evenings and weekends, allowing clients the opportunity to practice and refine their abilities.

A client admitted primarily for medical evaluation usually stays for one to two weeks. If a full medical program is indicated, the program usually lasts 6-8 weeks, although each program is determined on an individual basis. A vocational feasibility assessment may be completed near the end of the medical program and a 2-week vocational evaluation follows, if recommended. A definite discharge plan is necessary for admission to STRU.

This residential outpatient unit provides comprehensive, holistic, innovative, supportive and personalized rehabilitation to clients who require assistance for daily living and continued skilled therapy services, but no longer require acute rehabilitation or 24-hour physician care.

The following functional outcomes may be achieved from this program:

• Decreased dependence on hired or family caregivers
  
• Ability to live independently (including some clients who were able to discharge from nursing homes to family residence or their own home)
  
• Improved mobility
  
• Improved self care and independent living skills
  
• Improved community re-entry
  
• Improved self confidence after completing independent living evaluations in our OT cottages or apartments if recommended by the rehab team
  
• Increased knowledge of leisure activity options
  
• Increase knowledge of home accessibility needs and possible solutions
  
• Improved speech and cognition
  
• Increased knowledge of self-care, health maintenance, and prevention
  
• Evaluation and selection of appropriate equipment (DME)
  
• Participation in Vocational Evaluation programs, including; increased awareness of available vocational services, vocational counseling, academic testing, vocational recommendations based on client preference and abilities
  
• Increased independence through drivers training programs and vehicle recommendations
  
• Mastering use of assistive technology devices toward improving client safety, independence and return to work

Address

Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
ATTN: SLS or STRU
P.O. 1500
Box W-389
Fishersville, Va. 22939

Contact Person for Admissions

Marjorie Adcock

Preadmission Technician

STRU: (800) 345-9972 ext. 7493
SLS: (800) 345-9972 ext. 7012
1-540-332-7493
1-540-332-7307(Fax)