Pathways Brain Injury Program
Brain Injury Rehab Services in Louisville, KY
Pathways Brain Injury Program provides inpatient brain injury rehabilitation in Louisville, KY. We are excited to help you or your loved one find peace, comfort, and healing.
Healthcare Services at Pathways
Pathways Brain Injury Program is a CARF-accredited brain injury unit at Louisville East Post Acute. Patients can expect to have three hours of therapy each day, five days a week. Nurses are also available 24/7 to support patients.
Nursing Services
Around-the-clock nursing care that follows an individual care plan created for each patient.
Rehabilitation & Therapies
Physical, occupational, speech, and recreational therapy to help you work toward the highest level of independence.
Specialized Care
Neuropsychology and psychiatric care to help with the cognitive and emotional effects of a brain injury.
Nursing Services
Nursing care at Pathways is available 24 hours a day. Our nurses are part of the interdisciplinary team that reviews each patient’s progress every week. Our dedicated team help you find health, healing, and growth.
Rehabilitation & Therapies
Pathways patients are scheduled for three hours of therapy a day, Monday through Friday, with one hour each of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Recreational therapy is also provided Monday through Friday. Our specific schedule helps ensure that patients reach their highest potential while working with us.
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy Movement is the focus of physical therapy. The physical therapist, working with the physician and other team members, will evaluate the disabilities as a result of the brain injury and will develop a rehabilitation program designed to improve the quality of muscle tone, coordination, balance, strength, endurance joint flexibility, and mobility. Mobility could be walking or learning to use the wheelchair independently. Physical therapy will also evaluate and determine the need for a wheelchair or other type of adaptive equipment needed to allow someone to move about the facility.
*Services provided under a contract agreement
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy helps patients in the program improve their physical capabilities and skills needed for independent daily living. The occupational therapy programs will be designed to teach the person how to take care of personal needs, dressing, bathing, and the use of prosthetic and adaptive equipment to accomplish self-care, work, and leisure tasks. They will also work with the upper body to ensure movement and decrease tone and/or contractures along with cognitive restraining.
*Services provided under a contract agreement
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy
Communication is one of the most important aspects of daily life. Speech pathology will assist with relearning how to communicate again. They also assess and establish a treatment program for swallow disorders and assist with eating as well as work on thinking and memory skills.
*Services provided under a contract agreement
Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic recreation is a vital element in the rehabilitation program. Team members help patients develop new leisure skills and return to previous recreational interests. The recreational/activities staff design a program based on the abilities and interests of the patient. Therapeutic recreation is a vital element in the rehabilitation program and team members assist with the development of new leisure skills and are able to return to previous recreational interests. The recreational/activities staff design a program based on the abilities and interests of the patient. The Certified Occupational Therapist (COTA) will work with the family and provide services to help the patient smooth transition back home and into the community.
*Services provided under a contract agreement
Specialized Care
A brain injury can bring cognitive, behavioral, and emotional changes along with physical ones. Our neuropsychologist is onsite four days a week. Psychiatry services are onsite weekly and available for emergent needs.
Looking for Brain Injury Rehab in Louisville, KY?
Pathways Brain Injury Program is the only skilled nursing home brain injury unit in Kentucky. Contact us to ask about admission or to schedule a tour. We’re here to answer your questions and get you started on the path to healing!
