HICKORY, NC – Sept. 3, 2013 – Catawba Valley Medical Center’s
(CVMC) CARF accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit will hold its annual
Rehabilitation Reunion, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 at 6 p.m. in AHEC 110
on CVMC’s campus. The event welcomes previous rehab patients and
their families to celebrate their recovery and life since their inpatient
rehabilitation experience.
CVMC’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Department is a 10-bed unit that
offers an interdisciplinary team approach to care provided by a medical
director specialized in rehabilitation, rehabilitation nurses, physical
occupational and recreational therapists, speech-language pathologists,
case managers and other professionals as consulted.
Catawba Valley Medical Center is the first facility in the southeast to
offer Tibion Bionic leg treatment interventions in its Physical Therapy
department. The Speech-Language Pathology department offers new assessment
and treatment technology with the Digital Swallowing Workstation. CVMC
also offers monthly community Stroke Support Group meetings to support
stroke survivors and their families during their recovery after inpatient
rehabilitation.
For more information regarding CVMC’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit,
contact Mimi Stachowski, Director, at 828/326-3248 or Leslie Williamson,
Admission Liaison, at 828/326-3100. For more information about the community
Stroke Support Group, contact Heather Bissell at 828/326-3046.
About Catawba Valley Medical Center
Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s
largest not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community
without direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to
serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive
medicine and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from
the American Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized with
three Women’s Choice Awards, being named one of America’s
Best 100 Hospitals for Patient Experience in 2012 and 2013, a 2013 Best
Hospital for Patient Experience in Obstetrics and one of America’s
Best Hospitals in Orthopedics in 2013 by WomenCertified®. CVMC received
the 2013 QUEST® Award for High-Value Healthcare from Premier, recognizing
a reduction in harm, mortality, readmissions and costs, while improving
the patient experience and delivering evidence-based care. For more information,
please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.