Hospital For Special Care

Inpatient Care: Rehabilitation Services include programs for those recovering from a life-threatening condition, debilitating injury or suffering from acute chronic illness. HSC provides interdisciplinary care for patients with amputations, neurological conditions, orthopedic diagnoses, musculoskeletal diagnoses, multiple trauma, and complications from prolonged hospitalizations. Complex medical and rehabilitation care provide a wide range of services designed to maximize the outcomes of patients who no longer need invasive or acute diagnostic procedures, but who continue to require 24-hour nursing and medical care and/or monitoring. We also provide comprehensive care for individuals who require complex wound management. HSC treats all levels of spinal cord dysfunction. Through its continuum of care and interdisciplinary therapies to pain management and community re-entry. A comprehensive treatment plan is tailored to each individual by a dedicated rehabilitation team led by the Medical Director. The Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) program treats individuals with traumatic brain injuries (i.e. aneurysm, anoxia, tumors) with the goal to maximize patients functional status, independence, psychosocial adjustment and vocational and leisure skills, including community reintegration. The Neurobehavioral Program (NBP) is a long-term, 25-bed inpatient rehabilitation program that specializes in the treatment of individuals who have sustained an acquired brain injury and have been unsuccessful living in the community or in other facilities. The purpose of the NBP is to assist these individuals in managing their independence and to improve their overall quality of life. HSC's Cardiac Medical Unit consists of treatment, therapy and education for patients who are striving to regain, or maintain their functional ability while dealing with the complications from heart failure (Patient Days - 28,465).

Inpatient Care: Respiratory Services include caring for people who have made conscious decisions to live on life support. These patients require significant medical attention along with services to enhance quality of life. Our goal is to liberate patients from ventilator dependency so that they can resume their lives. The hospital for special care is recognized for having the highest ventilator-weaning rate in Connecticut and consistently exceeds the national average. Services for the clinical management of patients with serious respiratory conditions are provided on three distinct units. HSC's 48-bed Laurie Coleman Puglisi respiratory care unit and the 38-bed respiratory step-down unit provide care for patients with multi-system problems and ventilator assistance (Patient Days - 29,684).