Good Shepherd Penn Partners

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program

Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP) will begin accepting individuals with spinal cord injuries in 2009. The Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program at the Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine will offer an aggressive, holistic approach to rehabilitation designed to restore patients to their highest physical, social and emotional potential. A team of spinal cord injury specialists, including physical, speech and occupational therapists and rehabilitation nurses, is directed and monitored by a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatrist).

Throughout treatment, patients and families become an integral part of the rehabilitation team and help to identify individual needs and goals. As Good Shepherd Penn Partners' team meets on a regular basis, patient progress is assessed and treatment goals are developed and adjusted.

The beds at the Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine are licensed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The rehabilitation program and services bring together the best of Good Shepherd and the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS).

The Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program includes:

  • Home and work evaluations
  • Sexuality counseling
  • Community re-integration
  • Driver training
  • Sports training
  • Comprehensive follow-up clinic
  • Community resource referrals
  • Ongoing consultation with treatment team
  • Long-term acute care
  • Urodynamic testing
  • Ventilator weaning
  • Wheelchair clinic

Program Specialties include:

  • Medical management
  • Rehabilitation nursing
  • Continence training
  • Physical therapy
  • Wheelchair skills training
  • Skin care management
  • Occupational therapy
  • Dysphagia program
  • Social work services
  • Psychology
  • Vocational counseling
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Patient/family education
  • Recreational therapy
  • Pastoral care

Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
877-9MY-REHAB (877-969-7342)