West Gables provides an integrated and
multidisciplinary approach to treating patients with amputation. The overall goal of the program is to provide
the patient and their families/support systems with the skills and education to
continue with their regular lives with an amputation.
Our comprehensive approach to
amputee rehabilitation focuses on the post-surgical, prosthetic and
outpatient/reintegration phases to:
- address proper wound care and limb
management
- increase an individual's strength,
flexibility, coordination and endurance, and decrease pain
- provide the expert fitting and
custom-manufacture of a prosthesis to meet personal lifestyle needs
- train individuals to use their
prosthesis with confidence and comfort, and avoid complications
In fact, West Gables offers an
unparalleled continuum of care – inpatient through outpatient – to enhance each
patient's recovery, enabling individuals to build on the strengths and skills
they have acquired.
The Amputee program at West Gables
also provides patients and families / support systems with the appropriate
education that is necessary to help facilitate life after an amputation. The educational process begins with a general
orientation and progresses to the individualized therapy and nursing sessions
to help patients overcome each of their obstacles. A significant component of this educational
process is to also provide patients and families with the appropriate
psycho-social support to help adapt to the lifestyle changes which might be a
result of the amputation.
Other Resources Available For
Patients Include:
- Integration into the Amputee
Coalition
- Prosthetic Evaluation, Training and
Provision
- Wheelchair Evaluation, Training and
Provision (as necessary)
- Home Evaluation &
Recommendations for Modification
- Work Re-Entry
- Referral to support groups
- Referral to vocational
rehabilitation services
- Referral to driving evaluation
- Referral to research opportunities