The Rusk Institute has specialized inpatient and outpatient stroke rehabilitation programs that serve patients as unique people with individual rehabilitative needs. This underlying philosophy of patient centered rehabilitation enables us to create specific interdisciplinary treatment plans that address all aspects of stroke rehabilitation.
At the Rusk Institute, the goal is to enable each patient to return to a maximum level of function. Every effort is made to provide a smooth continuum of care throughout the rehabilitation process. Rusk’s proximity to Tisch Hospital provides access to specialized care with a full range of medical services. This allows for effective and collaborative care that is not found in a free-standing facility.
The Rusk Institute has a long standing tradition of serving patients with limitations due to a stroke. Since 1950, more than 15,000 people who have suffered a stroke have been treated at Rusk.
In keeping with this tradition of excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation, the Institute has a designated inpatient stroke specialty unit, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Stroke Rehabilitation Unit. This newly renovated unit allows for all patients who have had a stroke to stay in one central location.
Upon discharge from the inpatient stroke program at Rusk, patients can benefit from the continuum of care which spans into our sub-acute network and our comprehensive outpatient program.
The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation is proud to announce that it has achieved CARF accreditation for its Stroke Specialty Program. On July 7, 2006, The Rusk Institute was informed that it has joined the ranks of the first 20 rehabilitation facilities to ever achieve this credentialing. Our interdisciplinary approach and innovations in stroke education were two of the many areas that were highlighted as strengths on our stroke rehabilitation program.
The Stroke Rehabilitation Team
Inpatient Program at The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
Speech-Language Pathology Department
