Why Choose Us
Learn more about Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital, a destination for recovery for stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and complex medical rehabilitation.
Long-Term Acute Care (LTACH)
A long-term acute care hospital, also known as an LTACH, provides long-term acute care to patients who are too ill for other care (i.e., skilled nursing facility or acute rehabilitation hospital), require daily physician care or need to take rehabilitation at a slower pace.
Based out of Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., Good Shepherd’s LTACH team features experts in ventilator weaning and respiratory care.
To get started and choose Good Shepherd for your LTACH care:
Diagnoses Appropriate for Long-Term Acute Care
The most common diagnoses cared for in Good Shepherd’s LTACH include:
- Burns
- Cardiac failure
- Complicated fractures
- Head injury
- Kidney failure (hemodialysis)
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pressure wounds
- Prolonged surgical recuperation
- Respiratory failure
- Septicemia (systemic infection)
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Trauma
Treatment Team
Depending on your diagnosis/condition and individual needs, a multi-disciplinary treatment team is assembled for you. Your team may include, but is not limited to:
- Physician
- Registered Nurse
- Physical Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Speech/Language Pathologist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Neuropsychologist
- Nursing Assistant
- Care Manager