1a. There many different types of clients receiving services at my fieldwork site, New England Rehabilitation Hospital. The patients I met on Wednesday ranged in age from 46 to 89 years. A 75 year old male recovering from knee replacement surgery was getting ready to go home over the weekend. The next patient of the day was a 46-year-old female breast cancer patient. Her breast cancer metastasized to her lungs and then her brain. Brain tumors caused paralysis and she presented as a stroke. She will most likely be at the hospital next week, continuing to work on regaining motor skills and strength in her left hand and arm. The third patient of the morning was a 58-year-old man. An old spinal cord injury due to a diving accident resulted delayed paralysis. He was admitted
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New England Rehabilitation Hospital is a large inpatient rehabilitation hospital specializing in rehabilitation for many conditions, such as neurological disorders, spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury, stroke, and orthopedic conditions. The facility offers outpatient services as well. Upon first sight, I was surprised with the size of the building. It is much larger than I had expected, and the same goes for the interior. The inpatient lobby is large, with high ceilings and a lot of room to move. I noticed both an empty wing of patient rooms just off of the lobby, as well as a patient dining room full of dining sets with white tablecloths. Inpatient patients receiving occupational therapy are housed on the second floor, where they have easy access to a gym and different activity rooms where group sessions are held in the afternoons. All patient rooms have bathrooms with toilets and sinks. There is a “bathing room” located by the main desk inside the patient wing. The facility was very quiet on Wednesday but the rain was audible; this may have contributed to the low noise level. The facility is just about as pleasant as a hospital can be, and they appeared to have room to
New England Rehabilitation Hospital is a large inpatient rehabilitation hospital specializing in rehabilitation for many conditions, such as neurological disorders, spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury, stroke, and orthopedic conditions. The facility offers outpatient services as well. Upon first sight, I was surprised with the size of the building. It is much larger than I had expected, and the same goes for the interior. The inpatient lobby is large, with high ceilings and a lot of room to move. I noticed both an empty wing of patient rooms just off of the lobby, as well as a patient dining room full of dining sets with white tablecloths. Inpatient patients receiving occupational therapy are housed on the second floor, where they have easy access to a gym and different activity rooms where group sessions are held in the afternoons. All patient rooms have bathrooms with toilets and sinks. There is a “bathing room” located by the main desk inside the patient wing. The facility was very quiet on Wednesday but the rain was audible; this may have contributed to the low noise level. The facility is just about as pleasant as a hospital can be, and they appeared to have room to