Christian was admitted to Kindred Hospital East New Jersey in an overall fragile medical status with a complex medical history. He was on full ventilator support and arrived with four pressure wounds. He had vital signs that were unstable, and there were many days when he couldn’t participate in physical, occupational, or speech therapy. Read more of his story here.

Valer experienced cardiac arrest, which resulted in respiratory failure and the need for a ventilator to assist his breathing. He arrived at Kindred Hospital Indianapolis North still on a ventilator after failed attempts to wean. The respiratory team helped him face this challenge, and with hard work from Valer and the team, he was weaned off the vent and successfully decannulated. Read more of his recovery story here.

In January, Ida was hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia, discharged home, but then re-admitted 10 days later with further pneumonia complications. She was progressively getting weaker and needed a feeding tube placed for nutrition. Ida had several complications, including recurring sepsis, bradycardia (abnormally low heart rate), and delirium. In February, Ida was admitted to Kindred Hospital Melbourne, where she continued to have difficulty with her airway and ongoing infections. She was sent back to a short-term acute care hospital for another trach revision and readmitted to Kindred three days later, in the CCU on mechanical ventilation. Read more of here story here.

Karen, a vibrant fifth-grade teacher who inspires her students in math, science, and Spanish, is known for her love of learning and playful energy - which often has her playing ball with her students. Outside of school, she is a devoted wife, loving mother to one daughter, and an active member of her community. Karen experienced severe abdominal pain and went to a hospital where doctors discovered a large obstruction caused by a sigmoid tumor. She underwent surgery and was transferred to the ICU, where she required ventilator support and faced multiple medical complications. Read her story of recovery here.

Lester was first admitted to an acute care hospital with sepsis and acute hypoxemic hypercapnic respiratory failure, along with a Staphylococcus epidermidis infection. His condition required intubation, and he was later transferred to Kindred Hospital Albuquerque for ventilator management, tracheostomy care, IV antibiotics, and hemodialysis. Read more of his story here.

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs or LTACHs) such as Kindred Hospitals play a critical role in caring for some of our nation’s sickest and most medically complex patients. To help inform policy discussions in Congress about improving access to long-term acute care and supporting the patients who need it, Kindred joined other industry stakeholders in developing new Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Reform Policy Principles. Read more here.

Kindred Hospital San Antonio, which provides specialized long-term acute care and rehabilitation to medically complex patients, on Thursday hosted members of the San Antonio and Bexar County healthcare community for a Brain Injury Awareness Month informational session and facility tour, highlighting the important role specialty hospitals like Kindred can play in recovery. Read more here.

ScionHealth is proud to share more about one of the leading female executives in its company – Nakia Tremble, Senior Vice President of Operations for Specialty Hospitals in the Mid-America Region.