Inpatient Rehabilitation

What's Acute Rehabilitation?

Van Munching Rehabilitation is an Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit located within Stamford Hospital. Acute Inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), like Van Munching Rehab at Stamford Health, offer a multidisciplinary & intensive approach to medical and physical rehabilitation.

Following a serious illness or debilitating hospital admission, you may benefit from acute rehabilitation if you:

• Need 24-hour medical monitoring and care
• Can participate in three hours of therapy, five days a week with an occupational therapist, physical therapist, and or speech-language therapist
• Have a goal of improving your physical function and independence

While on Van Munching, patients will participate in three hours of therapy five out of seven days of the week with a modified schedule on the weekend. Therapy includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy, as needed. Therapists collaborate with nursing, case management or social work, and physiatry, using a team approach to determine appropriate and safe expectations for discharge. Typical length of stay varies from one to three weeks, depending on multiple factors including insurance approval, diagnosis, medical need discharge disposition, and social support.

Program Qualifications

You may benefit from inpatient rehabilitation if you:

• Need 24-hour medical monitoring and care
• Can participate in three hours of therapy, five days a week with an occupational therapist, physical therapist, and/or speech-language therapist

• Have a goal of improving your physical function and independence

Conditions We Treat

Our team of specialists has the training to care for people with:

• Stroke
• Neurological disorders and injuries like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis
• Brain injury
• Traumatic injuries
• Amputation
• Cardiac or respiratory disease
• Femur or hip fracture
• Musculoskeletal (bone, joint, or muscle) disorder
• Orthopedic and sports injuries
• Polyarthritis (several painful joints)
• Total joint replacements