Care After Hospitalization

Atlantic Health System: Leading the Way Home

Your recovery from an accident, illness or surgery does not stop when you are discharged from the hospital. In fact, how you take care of yourself when you leave the hospital could be the single most important factor in your progress. Atlantic Health System provides a wide range of comprehensive home care and rehabilitation services to help reduce anxiety and stress, and ensure you get the care you need.

Atlantic Health System Inpatient Rehabilitation Services

For patients who require intensive multidisciplinary therapy, our evaluation and treatment programs begin on the day of admission. Conditions requiring inpatient therapy may include:

• Stroke and other neurologic disorders
  
• Major multiple trauma
  
• Traumatic brain injury
  
• Orthopedic injury
  

Atlantic Health System Inpatient Subacute Rehabilitation Services

We provide skilled nursing services and multidisciplinary rehabilitation for patients who need higher levels of rehabilitation and care after hospitalization.

Atlantic Health System Outpatient Rehabilitation

After returning home from the hospital setting, you may need outpatient rehabilitation therapeutic services. They are available at Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, Overlook Medical Center and The Center for Physical Therapy and Sports Rehabilitation. Services include:

• Physical therapy
  
• Occupational therapy
  
• Speech-language therapy
  
• Swallowing therapy (dysphagia program)
  
• Stroke wellness
  
• Brainworks Cognitive Rehabilitation
  
• Post-rehabilitation physical activity
  
• Hearing testing

Atlantic Home Care

We provide in-home treatment, management and education to help patients recover from an injury or illness. Atlantic Home Care offers:

• Visiting nursing service
  
• Rehabilitation therapy
  
• Disease management (Telehealth)
  
• Wound care
  
• Pain management
  
• Respiratory therapy
  
• Referrals to community resources

Atlantic Hospice

We offer compassionate, dignified palliative and hospice care for people at the end of life and their families. Our interdisciplinary team includes:

• Hospice physicians
  
• Registered nurses
  
• Certified home health aides
  
• Social workers
  
• Chaplains
  
• Bereavement professionals

Atlantic Private Care Services

Our screened, bonded, insured professionals, hand chosen for you or your loved one’s needs, will provide care in homes and facilities. Our services include:

• Private duty nursing
  
• Private duty certified home health aides
  
• Live-in certified home health aides
  
• Private physical therapy visits
  
• Geriatric care management
  
• Facility private duty nurse or aide

AtHome Medical

Combining professional services with high quality products, AtHome Medical ensures full support of the patient’s home care needs. AtHome Medical provides:

• Home oxygen
  
• Respiratory
  
• Ventilators
  
• Enteral nutrition
  
• Support services
  
• Durable medical equipment

Atlantic Health System home care and rehabilitation services accept Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance plans. Check with your carrier for prior approval.