Inpatient Rehabilitation Units

You must meet all of the following criteria:

• Your hospital care team has referred you.
• You live in any community within the Fraser Health region.
• You have had a recent medical event; for example, brain injury, stroke or spinal cord injury.
• You cannot yet live at home, with or without support in place. Your ability to return to your community safely is improving with more rehabilitation.
• You are willing and able to take part in therapy.
• You want help to learn how to do everyday activities on your own, such as dressing, bathing, eating and walking.

Your hospital care team will assess you, and if you qualify for inpatient rehabilitation, they will discuss it with you and ask for your consent before submitting a referral. A regional team will screen the referral and one of your care team members will let you know about the referral decision.

You are a partner in your recovery, and your rehabilitation team works with you to set goals; for example, getting dressed. You work towards your rehabilitation goals with your therapists and nursing team. Planning for home starts the day you arrive in our unit.

Please bring the following items with you:

• Any medical device you regularly use at home (CPAP machine, blood sugar monitor)
• A week’s supply of loose-fitting clothing; for example, sweatpants, t-shirts and zippered sweatshirts or fleece
• Hearing aids, glasses and dentures
• List of current medication and required supplements
• Personal items such as pictures of families or friends
• Small things to entertain yourself (book or puzzle book)
• Supportive non-slip shoes
• Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo and deodorant)

Jewelry could affect your ability to participate in rehabilitation fully. Please try to keep valuables like watches and rings at home to make sure that they do not get misplaced or lost.

Medical Services Plan (MSP) covers the cost of your stay.

English. We can provide an interpreter if you do not speak English well enough for medical conversations.

Fraser Health is a smoke-free and vape-free organization. For information on how to quit smoking, you can speak to your nurses or visit Fraser Health’s quitting smoking webpage.

General

• Advance care planning
• Canada's Food Guide
• Caregiver Support
• Patient Education Catalogue
• HandyDART (Lower Mainland)
• HandyDART (Central Fraser Valley)
• Healthy Eating | HealthLink BC
• Home Support Services
• Indigenous Health
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
• Seniors programs, services and resources

Self-management of chronic disease and pain management

• Pain
• Pain BC
• Power Over Pain
• Selfmanagementbc.ca

Financial

• Disability Alliance BC

Mental health

• BounceBack Program
• Heretohelp BC
• Kelty's Key Free and Confidential Online Therapy
• Mental Health and Substance Use supports
• Willow Tree - list of reduced-cost counselling options

How long you stay with us depends on your condition, goals, and progress. We focus on helping you return to your home and community as quickly as possible.

After your stay, you can continue your rehabilitation at home with our Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics.