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Contact: Bryan Gardner
(916) 254-8295
Patients Share Inspiring Stories of Recovery at
Mercy General Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation Unit Anniversary Event
More than 8,000 patients served over the past 25 years
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Who: |
Physicians, therapists, caregivers and former patients of Mercy General Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation Unit |
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What: |
Acute Rehabilitation 25th Anniversary ~ Join hundreds of former patients who graduated from Mercy General Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation Unit as they celebrate 25 years of excellence with the physicians, therapists and caregivers who helped them rebuild their life skills after disabling injuries or illnesses. There will be tours of the rehab unit which includes a fully-equipped apartment used to help patients work on life skills in a real-life setting. |
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Where: |
Acute Rehabilitation Unit
Mercy General Hospital
4250 H Street (park in Chapel lot)
Sacramento, CA 95819 |
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When: |
Thursday, September 22, 2011
3 to 6 p.m.
Program with speakers starts at 4 p.m. |
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Patient Stories
(available for interviews):
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Frank Cima spent four and a half months in the hospital including 45 days in a coma from a strange form of pneumonia. The ordeal left him without any muscle tone and he was unable to walk. After spending time in the acute rehab unit, he can walk again and he continues with outpatient rehabilitation. |
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Taylor Carey found himself in the acute rehab unit after shoulder surgery. Carey fought polio as a baby and has been on crutches and a wheelchair throughout his life, resulting in rotator cuff injuries to both shoulders. He spent time in acute rehab after two consecutive shoulder surgeries. Now he's mobile again in his wheelchair after rehab. |
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Background: |
Mercy General Hospital's Acute Rehabilitation Unit is a 25-bed facility for people with disabling injuries or illnesses. Patients treated include those who have experienced a stroke, spinal cord injury or head injury. The acute rehabilitation unit is the first in the Sacramento area to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) for its research-supported, interdisciplinary program. This year, CARF certified Mercy General Hospital's Stroke Specialty Program for its comprehensive rehabilitation services specifically designed for patients recovering from stroke. Over the past 25 years, more than 8,000 patients have been treated in the unit. Mercy General's Acute Rehabilitation Unit has an 84 percent return-to-home rate, compared to the national standard of 77 percent. |
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About Mercy General Hospital
Mercy General Hospital has been serving the Sacramento community for more than 100 years. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy General has been at its current site in the heart of East Sacramento since 1925. Mercy General Hospital has 342 licensed beds, a physician staff of more than 800, delivers 2,700 babies annually and leads the state in open-heart surgery. Mercy General is one of six Sacramento area hospitals that are part of Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), a system of 40 hospitals and medical centers in California, Arizona and Nevada and the nation's eighth largest healthcare system. In 2010, CHW provided more than $1.3 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed patient care.
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