Select Specialty Hospital - Durham

Stroke recovery is a journey, not a single moment. Our latest blog explains what stroke rehabilitation involves, who’s on the care team and how our clinical programs help patients regain independence one step at a time.

Read more and learn what to expect on the road to recovery: https://bit.ly/3TFbFbV

As we recognize our nation’s 250th birthday, we wish you and your family a safe and happy Fourth of July.

Juneteenth is a celebration of liberation, a reflection of progress and a call to keep building a future rooted in equality.

“Every interaction shapes the patient experience, making CNAs and patient care techs essential to healing, outcomes and the human connection at the bedside every day.” — Melissa Beers, senior vice president, clinical operations, specialty hospitals.

Our nursing assistants and patient care technicians spend the most time with our patients. They are essential eyes and ears, informing care team colleagues of any subtle changes in a patient’s mood or ability to accomplish a particular activity. This, in turn, helps to support recovery progress and outcomes.

CNAs are at the heart of patient care and recovery.

Working alongside nursing and therapy teams, nursing assistants and patient care technicians play a vital role in supporting patients throughout their healing and recovery. They take vital signs, respond to call lights, observe and report on changes or progress and assist with patients’ personal care needs.

Above all, they encourage and guide patients with compassion, helping them stay motivated to achieve their recovery goals.

After being resuscitated from a massive heart attack and spending weeks on a ventilator, Warren Leary III needed to relearn how to breathe, walk, talk and care for himself again. Once out of the ICU, he was in need of a continuum of care to support his recovery.

With his wife and sons by his side, he transferred to Select Specialty Hospital - Willingboro for extended hospital care and to liberate from the ventilator. For the next phase of his recovery, Warren went to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Marlton where a physician-led team of therapists helped him regain strength and skills to get back to enjoying his life.

His immediate goal? To attend his son’s wedding and dance the night away.

Read how Warren regained his independence: https://bit.ly/4ujmFZb

We’re pleased to announce the DAISY regional award winners for our critical illness recovery hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. Recognized by patients, colleagues and families for the extraordinary care they provide, these nurses are fully invested in their patients’ recoveries: https://bit.ly/3ZGNiKU

Critical Illness Recovery Hospitals DAISY Winners
Regency Hospital Springdale: Whitney Bryant
Select Specialty Hospital – Belhaven: Ashley White
Select Specialty Hospital – Durham: Arnel Febre
Select Specialty Hospital – Knoxville: Ciara Reynolds-Day
Select Specialty Hospital – Knoxville: Mary Grace Mader
Select Specialty Hospital – McKeesport: Kim Bilinsky
Select Specialty Hospital – Milwaukee West Allis: Thomas Boschuetz
Select Specialty Hospital – Pittsburgh UPMC: Michael Parson
Select Specialty Hospital – San Diego: Jennifer Amador
Select Specialty Hospital – Corewell Health Grand Rapids: Petri Peltoniemi

Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals DAISY Winners
Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation – Dallas: Blessing Noumba Londo
California Rehabilitation Institute: Blandine Kanyambo
California Rehabilitation Institute: Edgar Allan Henson
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – West Orange: Aprille Montero
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation – West Orange: Sabrina Stripeikis

To learn more about our DAISY Winners, check out the link in the comments.

DAISY Foundation

If you or a loved one experienced a brain injury, intense therapy can play a vital role in recovery and help get you back to an independent lifestyle.

Meet some of our brain injury patients who not only survived, but thrived.

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us/

Select Specialty Hospital - Durham

March is Brain Injury Awareness month. According to the Brain Injury Association of America, someone in the United States sustains a brain injury every nine seconds. A brain injury can affect how a person thinks, acts and feels.

Brain injuries can result from an outside force to the head, known as a traumatic brain injury (TBI), or an internal cause – known as a non-traumatic brain injury (NTBI).

Learn more about the difference between a TBI and NTBI below, and check back throughout the month as we spotlight brain injury and how we help people recover.

The determination and hard work exhibited by patients eager to return home after injury or illness is an inspirational experience.
Take it from our colleagues as they explain why working with patients is a privilege.

February marks American Heart Month, a time to raise more awareness for heart health and cardiovascular diseases.

Select Medical admits a range of cardiac rehabilitation patients recovering from a variety of conditions, including heart failure, cardiomyopathy (heart issues making it hard to pump blood) and cardiac surgery, including heart transplants. Our interdisciplinary teams – including physicians, nurses and therapists – develop individualized treatment plans focused on post-surgical healing, dietary and medication education and restoring strength and endurance. The goal is to avoid cardiac complications and provide patients with the skills, strategies and techniques needed for independent and heart-healthy lives.

Every patient’s journey toward independence is a unique experience. We are proud to have been a part of yours.

During National Patient Recognition Week, we thank all our patients for entrusting us with their care.

New Years is a time to set and reach for new goals. We hope you attain all you aspire to this year.

Happy holidays from Select Medical.