Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network & Penn Medicine: Partners in Post-Acute Care
September / October 2009
To better meet the needs of a growing population of patients
in long-term care, PennMedicine entered into a partnership
with Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in July 2008. The
resulting alliance, Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP), is now
the most comprehensive continuum of post-acute care in
eastern Pennsylvania.
Located on the Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse campus at 1800
Lombard Street, the facility includes a 58-bed inpatient rehabilitation
facility named the Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine
and a 38-bed long-termacute care hospital, Good Shepherd Penn
Partners Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse. Long-term acute care is
provided for patients requiring extended care for respiratory failure,
burns and cardiovascular disease, among other serious conditions.
The Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine provides
physician-directed physical, occupational and speech therapy for
conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury,
orthopaedic injury, amputation ormultiple traumas. The Specialty
Hospital at Rittenhouse provides specialized care to medically complex
patients who are not yet ready for intensive therapy in an acute
inpatient rehabilitation facility.
GSPP has instituted a series of protocols to ease the transition
from hospital care to long-term rehabilitation care. These protocols
ensure continuity of care by reinforcing the patient’s individualized
care program, encouraging family and caregiver participation and
providing continued access to the patients originating case managers
and clinicians at Penn.
Case Study
Mr. G, a 62-year-old male with a history of hypertension,
hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and glaucoma,
was admitted to HUP s/p fall in the community. In the ER, a brain CT revealed
an intracranial mass with surrounding edema. Mr. G was transferred
to the OR, where the mass was resected; it was later
diagnosed as a meningioma. Mr. G's post operative course was
complicated by a right basal ganglia hemorrhage, bilateral
pulmonary emboli and hydrocephalus requiring
a VP shunt.
An individualized treatment plan was developed for Mr. G. After a
period of recuperation and consultations with his case manager,
neurologist and neurosurgeon, he was transferred to the
Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse for continued medical
management. During the transition, his family received an
orientation on the goals of his treatment plan and the role they
would play in his continuing rehabilitation.
With the start of PT/OT and speech therapy at GSPP, Mr. G
made some functional gains. Occasional nocturnal desaturations
became less frequent and his endurance improved. Following a
thorough evaluation, he was accepted to inpatient rehabilitation,
where he demonstrated steady gains in cognition, functional
mobility and ability to perform self care tasks.
By the end of his
five-week stay on the inpatient rehabilitation unit, Mr. G was
ambulating to greater than 250 feet with a rolling walker, transferring
at a modified independent level, performing basic ADLs at a
modified independent level and performing light homemaking
tasks. After demonstrating modified independence in the unit’s
ADL suite overnight, he was discharged home to his apartment,
with home PT/OT and family support.
Services Available at GSPP
The comprehensive rehabilitation and specialty services at Good Shepherd Penn Partners include:
- Specialized inpatient long-term acute care
- Medical rehabilitation care
- Outpatient rehabilitation services at Penn Therapy & Fitness
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy
Our Team of Faculty
The Good Shepherd Penn Partners faculty consists of
physicians from the Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania—
a program consistently ranked among the best in the nation by
U.S.News & World Report—and rehabilitation specialists from
the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, a nationally recognized
rehabilitation leader that offers specialized programs for
brain and spinal cord injuries, strokes, orthopaedic injuries,
amputations and traumatic injuries.
Richard Salcido, MD
Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Sam S.H. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA
Chief Medical Director, Good Shepherd Penn Partners
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michael A Grippi, MD
Medical Director, GSPP Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse
Associate Professor of Medicine
Andrea T. Laborde, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
David A. Lenrow, MD
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Francis Lopez, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Christopher Plastaras, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine
Miriam Segal, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Margaret G. Stineman, MD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Access
Good Shepherd Penn Partners
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
1-877-969-7342
To consult with a care manager at GSPP, please call 877-969-7342.
To refer a patient
and/or consult with a doctor:
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