Continuing with daily living skills and favorite hobbies. Staying active in sports. Returning to work more quickly and safely. These are some of the goals we have for our rehabilitation patients. To best meet them, we provide a variety of services to help increase physical function and decrease pain for greater independence and enjoyment of life.
Inpatient Rehabilitation
The Saint Vincent Inpatient Rehabilitation Center is located within the hospital with direct access to all its available resources and services. A fully integrated, multi-disciplinary team of professionals operates under the direction of board-certified physiatrist Kelly Kopkowski, DO, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Services include:
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Speech language pathology
- Rehabilitation nursing
- Social services
- Dietician services
- Psychology
Our expert team has valuable experience in treating adult patients with the following conditions.
- Stroke
- Brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Hip fracture
- Amputation
- Neurological disorders including multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease
- Burns
- Multiple trauma
For information about the Saint Vincent Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, call 814-452-5579.
Outpatient Pediatric Speech Pathology
Saint Vincent's outpatient pediatric speech pathology program provides services for children from pre-school age through adolescence. The program is designed to help children who demonstrate speech and/or language difficulties, including, but not limited to:
- Delayed speech and language
- Childhood apraxia
- Fluency disorders
- Language disorders
- Brain injury and/or cognitive disorders
- Autistic Spectrum disorders
In addition to the typical treatment protocols for speech and language disorders, the staff also provides adult diagnostic services and therapy procedures such as:
- Modified Barium Swallow study
- Cognitive therapy
- Dysphagia assessment and therapy
For information about the Saint Vincent outpatient pediatric speech pathology program, call 814-452-5519.
Additional Rehabilitation Services
Saint Vincent also has an integrated network of rehabilitation services to best meet the needs of individual patients within our region.