Expert Care Between Hospital and Home
Physical Rehabilitation Center
Highline Medical Center/Specialty Campus
12844 Military Rd S
Tukwila, WA 98168
(206) 248-4552
Recuperating from major surgery, illness or an accident can be challenging. What if you're well enough to leave the hospital, but aren't yet ready to go home? For many patients, the solution is a short stay at Highline Physical Rehabilitation Center.
Our center is the only hospital-based skilled nursing facility in the Puget Sound region. That means you'll have on-site access to the comprehensive resources of a hospital, including the emergency department, laboratory, respiratory therapy and imaging services. It also means RN nursing staff are on site 24 hours a day, with 24-hour physician availability.
And it's not just the depth of care that sets Highline Physical Rehabilitation Center apart. It is how we deliver it. We are dedicated to caring for the whole person – and his or her family – in a way that is individualized and nurturing.
The Care You Need to Get Back to Your Life
Whether you are recovering from injury, illness or major surgery, our comprehensive program can help you regain the strength and stamina you need to return home. Highline Physical Rehabilitation Center offers both acute and sub-acute rehabilitative care and skilled nursing services – all in a supportive, healing environment.
A Program Personalized for You
Because each patient's needs are unique, so is each patient's plan of care. We'll work with you and your family to develop an individualized program of rehabilitation that is effective for you. We place a strong emphasis on patient and family education. We know the more informed and involved you are, the quicker and less traumatic your healing process will be. We'll even help you transition to home by providing specialized training to your family on equipment or supplies that you might need.
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Your Own Team of Experts
At Highline Physical Rehabilitation Center, experts from different specialties collaborate to help you achieve your goals.
Your team might include:
- Our physiatrist (a medical doctor who specializes in rehabilitation)
- Internal medicine physicians
- Registered nurses
- Social workers
- Physical, recreational and occupational therapists
- Speech/language pathologists
- Respiratory therapists
- Registered dietitians
- Certified nursing assistants
A dedicated RN case manager will help coordinate your care to assure that all your needs are met.
Accreditations
Highline Physical Rehabilitation Center is state-certified and nationally accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and The Joint Commission.
A Healing Environment
As Washington State's first Planetree affiliate, we are dedicated to caring for the whole person, with genuine respect, compassion and dignity. Our facility includes homelike touches. We also offer a wide variety of activities that provide enjoyable and therapeutic diversions from the rehab routine.
Comprehensive Services to Meet Every Need
Acute Rehabilitation
Our intensive program allows patients to quickly regain strength following orthopedic surgery, a stroke, injury or other illness. Most patients need only a brief stay — about one to two weeks — before returning home or to other living arrangements. Acute rehab is geared to those patients able to tolerate a more intensive level of daily therapy. Patients generally must be able to tolerate 2.5 hours of daily therapy, including physical, occupational, speech/language and recreation therapy. Community and home evaluations are often done to facilitate transition to home or assisted-living environments. A physiatrist (a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation) oversees the rehab program in collaboration with the patient’s primary care or consulting physician. Learn more.
Sub-Acute Rehabilitation
Sub-acute care provides patients with the same rehab services at a less intensive pace than acute rehab. Patients who are weakened by illness, injury or surgery may benefit most from Sub-Acute Rehab. They are able to recuperate and gain strength according to their ability. sub-acute rehabilitation offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for patients in transition between hospital and home or assisted-living arrangements. This hospital-based transitional care unit provides patients with a rehab program of physical, occupational, speech/language and recreation therapy at the sub-acute level. Learn more.
Skilled Nursing Care
As a Medicare-certified skilled nursing unit, we are able to treat wounds, administer IV medications and deliver a broad range of other specialized nursing services. Learn more.
Services Available
- Physiatry (a medical specialty in physical medicine and rehabilitation)
- Specialty physician consults
- 24-hour nursing care
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech/language pathology
- Massage therapy
- Prosthetics and orthotics
- Respiratory therapy
- Medical social work
- Nutrition and dietary counseling
- Therapeutic recreation
- Psychological testing
- On-site laboratory and radiology
- Planetree Library and information service
Whether you need care now or are planning for surgery in the future, we can help.
Patients, family members, physicians, social workers and other healthcare providers may make referrals. Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance covers most services. For more information or to make a referral, please call: (206) 248-4552.
Links to Other Sites
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
www.carf.org