Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital

OPERATION OF REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AND CLINICS IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AND SURROUNDING AREAS

BROOKS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL HAS BEEN A LEADER IN REHABILITATION FOR 50 YEARS. IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION. OUR 160-BED HOSPITAL PROVIDES THE HIGHEST QUALITY REHABILITATION AND MEDICAL CARE FOR PEOPLE REQUIRING INTENSIVE THERAPY. BROOKS PROVIDES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE TO SUPPORT THE COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SERVICES OFFERED AT BROOKS HOSPITAL INCLUDE: PHYSICAL MEDICINE REHABILITATION, NURSING, NEURO RECOVERY CENTER, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, COGNITIVE REHABILITATION, RECREATION THERAPY, AQUATIC THERAPY, SUPPORT GROUPS, PEER MENTORING, FAMILY EDUCATION, NUTRITION COUNSELING, COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS, WHEELCHAIR CLINIC AND CHAPLAIN SERVICES. BROOKS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IS CARF ACCREDITED IN STROKE, SPINAL CORD INJURY, BRAIN INJURY, PAIN, PEDIATRICS AND GENERAL MEDICAL REHABILITATION. THIS ACCREDITATION REFLECTS PROVEN OUTCOMES ACHIEVED THROUGH EVIDENCED-BASED PRACTICES.CLINICAL AREAS OF EXPERTISETHE SPINAL CORD INJURY PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE ONLY STATE-DESIGNATED TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES IN BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, OFFERING THE MOST INNOVATIVE, SCIENTIFICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS AVAILABLE. THE INTENSIVE PROGRAM HELPS SURVIVORS REGAIN FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM IS BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TECHNIQUES. BROOKS' SYSTEM OF CARE FROM INPATIENT TO OUTPATIENT TO POST-REHABILITATION EXERCISE, IS DESIGNED TO MEET EACH PATIENT'S NEEDS AT ALL STAGES OF RECOVERY. THE BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM INCLUDES INTENSIVE INPATIENT REHABILITATION, NEUROLOGICAL DAY TREATMENT, SKILLED NURSING, OUTPATIENT THERAPY AND HOME CARE. TWO-THIRDS OF PATIENTS COME FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA SEEKING BROOKS' REHABILITATION EXPERTISE. DEDICATION TO PROVIDING REHABILITATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR LONG-TERM BRAIN INJURY RECOVERY SETS BROOKS REHABILITATION APART.THE DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS PROGRAM IS A SPECIALIZED SHORT-TERM PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR PATIENTS WHO PRESENT IN A REDUCED OR MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATIONS AND THERAPY FOR THIS SPECIAL POPULATION EARLIER THAN THE USUAL REHABILITATION PROCESS. BROOKS ALSO OFFERS AN ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED NEUROLOGICAL INJURIES, SUCH AS: DRIVER REHABILITATION, DAY TREATMENT, NEURO RECOVERY CENTERS, BROOKS CLUBHOUSE, BROOKS APHASIA CENTER AND BROOKS ADAPTIVE SPORTS & RECREATION. BROOKS IS A LEADER IN STROKE REHABILITATION. ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP PATIENTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS ADAPT AND REGAIN INDEPENDENCE. THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM HELPS SURVIVORS REGAIN FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. OUR PEDIATRIC PROGRAM HAS THE BEST PEDIATRIC THERAPISTS WHO HAVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND THE UNIQUE SKILLS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES FROM INFANCY TO ADULTHOOD.THE ORTHOPEDICS PROGRAMS AT BROOKS REHABILITATION PROVIDE MORE SPECIALIZED, FOCUSED REHABILITATION THAN ANY OTHER PROVIDER IN THE REGION. EACH PATIENT HAS AN INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN OF CARE FOCUSED ON THEIR SPECIFIC GOALS AND NEEDS.THE AMPUTEE PROGRAM PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO EVALUATE, REHABILITATE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH AMPUTATIONS. BROOKS COLLABORATES WITH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, PEDIATRICIANS, SPORTS MEDICINE DOCTORS, AND OTHERS TO CREATE PATIENT-CENTERED TREATMENT PLANS.HOSPITAL STAFFOUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD. OUR COMPREHENSIVE CARE TEAMS INCLUDE PHYSICIANS SPECIALIZING IN REHABILITATION, SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSES, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, RECREATIONAL THERAPISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, DIETICIANS, NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS AND CASE MANAGERS. OUR CARE TEAMS UNDERSTAND THAT A SEVERE INJURY OR ILLNESS CAN BE LIFE-ALTERING FOR A PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY, WHICH IS WHY WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE MOST ADVANCED THERAPY ALONG WITH COMPASSION, MOTIVATION AND HOPE. BROOKS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL PROVIDES 24 HOUR NURSING SERVICES FURNISHED OR SUPERVISED BY REGISTERED NURSES. REHABILITATION NURSES MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PATIENTS' LIVES. THEY WORK WITH PATIENTS OF ALL AGES, AND THEIR FAMILIES OR CAREGIVERS. THEY RESTORE PATIENTS' LIVES SO THEY HAVE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. IN ADDITION, THE HOSPITAL OFFERS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND A HIGHLY CREDENTIALED NURSING STAFF FOR REHABILITATION SPECIALIZATION. THIS ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT OUR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE BEST THERAPY AND CARE TO HELP PATIENTS ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE.HOSPITAL PROFILEBROOKS REHABILITATION EXPERTISE TO TREAT THE MOST CATASTROPHIC AND COMPLEX PATIENTS IS EVIDENCED BY A CASE MIX INDEX THAT RANKS IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE.. AS A RESULT, BROOKS IS BECOMING A DESTINATION HOSPITAL KNOWN FOR EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOVERY AND PARTICIPATION IN LIFE. IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BROOKS HAS EXPANDED THEIR PATIENT POPULATION TO STATES OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA. THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO HELP ADMIT PATIENTS FROM MORE THAN 48 STATES. REGIONAL ADMISSIONS REPRESENT 33% OF THE TOTAL VOLUME. SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS AND PATIENT SERVICES OFFERED AT THE HOSPITAL INCLUDE: ADAPTIVE SPORTS, AMPUTEE REHABILITATION, AQUATIC POOL THERAPY, BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY, BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION, COGNITIVE THERAPY, HIP FRACTURE REHABILITATION, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS REHABILITATION, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION, PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY, RECREATIONAL THERAPY, SPINAL CORD INJURY REHABILITATION, STROKE REHABILITATION AND VITASTIM SWALLOWING.BROOKS REHABILITATION SERVES A VARIETY OF PATIENTS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF INJURY. THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS TREATED SUFFER FROM CATASTROPHIC STROKES, BRAIN INJURIES, OR SPINAL CORD INJURIES. IN ADDITION TO HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SERVICES, THE HOSPITAL ALSO TREATS A LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS REQUIRING GENERAL REHABILITATION, ORTHOPEDIC AND CARDIAC SERVICES, AND IS THE ONLY PROVIDER OF PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION IN THE REGION. IN 2021, BROOKS REHABILITATION .HOSPITAL HAD APPROXIMATELY 2,700 DISCHARGES AND APPROXIMATELY 49,000 DAYS OF SERVICE. IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST FREE-STANDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN THE NATION. THE FACILITY SERVES PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE INTENSIVE REHABILITATION, WITH SPECIALIZATION IN STROKE, SPINAL CORD INJURY, BRAIN INJURY, AND PEDIATRICS. THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY ACCREDITED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION SINCE 1986, THE LATEST FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2019. THE HOSPITAL HAS ALSO MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS ACCREDITATION BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES SINCE 1982. . THE HOSPITAL IS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS A SPINAL CORD INJURY REHABILITATION CENTER AND A BRAIN INJURY REHABILITATION CENTER. THE HOSPITAL.ACHIEVED MAGNET RECOGNITION FOR NURSING IN 2016, TO BECOME ONE OF FOUR FREESTANDING INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH THIS CREDENTIAL. THERE ARE 14 HOSPITAL BASED OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION CLINICS. ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE 18 NON-HOSPITAL BASED CLINICS. THESE CLINICS OFFER A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPIES. THE CLINICS ARE STAFFED BY CLINICIANS AND THERAPISTS WHO ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR FIELDS. THESE SPECIALISTS ARE DEDICATED TO ENABLE PATIENTS TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOVERY.IN THE FALL OF 2020, BROOKS REHABILITATION BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 60 BED STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL ON ITS BARTRAM PARK CAMPUS. INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND CLINICAL EXPERTISE WILL ENSURE THE EXCELLENCE OF SERVICE SYNONYMOUS WITH BROOKS REHABILITATION. COVID-19THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WAS SUBSTANTIAL TO BROOKS REHABILITATION. DECREASED PATIENT VOLUMES, SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTIONS, SHORTAGES OF NECESSARY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, RESTRICTIVE VISITATION POLICIES, AND STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS SIGNIFICANTLY DISRUPTED THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOSPITAL. A COVID-19 TASK FORCE WAS INSTITUTED AND MET DAILY TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF AND IMPLEMENT PROTOCOLS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES. BROOKS CONTINUES TO EVALUATE AND RESPOND TO THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT NECESSITATED BY THE PANDEMIC. INCLUDED IN THE REVENUE REPORTED ON FORM 990 IS APPROXIMATELY $1,616,000 OF CARES ACT FUNDING.BROOKS REHABILITATION PROVIDES STELLAR REHABILITATION SERVICES OF CARE TO ALL PATIENTS. A PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY FOR SERVICES IS NOT AN IMPEDIMENT TO CARE. IN 2020, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 1000 INPATIENT DAYS OF CHARITY CARE AND APPROXIMATELY 14,000 UNITS OF SERVICE AT ITS OUTPATIENT FACILITIES. THE COST OF THIS CARE WAS APPROXIMATELY $2.2 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, APPROXIMATELY 2000 DAYS OF SERVICE WERE PROVIDED TO MEDICAID PATIENTS.