Long-Term Acute Care - Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital
The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital care team:
If you are medically stable but fragile, you may need extended medical and nursing care at the Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital. Long-term acute care is appropriate for patients who are too ill to be discharged to a nursing facility, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or their homes.
The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital, which was the first facility of its kind in the Lehigh Valley, is a 32-bed long-term acute care hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. You may be referred by a physician, insurance company, discharge planner, social worker, home health agency or family member.
Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital's Patient Outcomes compare favorable to similar long-term acute care facilities in the nation.
Visitors are welcome 24/7. Doors are locked from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. If you would like to visit during these times, call 484-884-5020 to gain entry
Be Well Blog: Read more about the long-term acute level of care.
Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital Specialized Programs:
- Ventilator Weaning: Patients who have a tracheotomy, are on a ventilator or have extensive pulmonary or respiratory needs will benefit from Good Shepherd's Ventilator Weaning Program. Our team will develop and implement a treatment plan specific to your needs to assure optimal functional outcomes.
- Complex Medical Program: Patients suffering from a catastrophic or chronic illness often require specialized care at various stages of their illnesses. In Good Shepherd’s Complex Medical Program you have access to pressure sore and wound management, dialysis, IV therapy, nutritional therapy, burn care, one-on-one therapy and education.
- Transitional Therapy Services: Patients who have a catastrophic illness or injury often require long periods of convalescence and progressive therapy services. The team at the Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital provides care to meet your physical needs at any stage of recovery, including coma, in preparation for discharge to your next level of care.
- Complex Wound Care: Good Shepherd's Complex Wound Care Program is an integrated system of professional, clinical and technical resources directed under the guidance of a board-certified wound ostomy and continence nurse.
The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital care team:
- Your care team, which meets each week to discuss your progress, is led by a physician.
- Care managers
- Dieticians
- Physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapists
- Psychologists
- Registered nurses specializing in ICU and medical/surgical
Diagnoses treated at the Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital include:
- Bariatric issues
- Brain injury
- Burns
- Cardiovascular disease
- Complex wounds
- Complicated fractures
- Medically complex issues
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Peritoneal and hemodialysis
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke (CVA)
- Surgical recuperation
- Tracheotomies with complications
- Trauma injuries
- Ventilator dependency or respiratory failure
Treatments
- Cardiac monitoring
- Long-term IV antibiotics
- TPN
- Wound V.A.C. therapy
Location:
Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital
at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg
South Entrance, 3rd and 4th Floors
2545 Schoenersville Rd.
Bethlehem, PA 18017
For more information on the Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital, contact us today, call 484-884-5000(option 2) or Request an Appointment.
