Serving physicians practices, hospital outpatient program developments and physical medicine clinics. Rehabilitation Systems, has designed a program implementation package with clinical pathways for the skilled-, assisted-, and independent living facilities, or for inpatient and outpatient facilities. The pulmonary rehabilitation program implementation course is certified, as are all the programs, at sixteen (16) clinical contact hours or one point six (1.6) continuing eduction units (CEU’s) for physical medicine professionals.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) is a multidisciplinary approach to improving the functional status and quality of life of people with chronic lung disease. Endurance and strength exercise training is cornerstone to pulmonary rehabilitation. Additionally, educational training increases patients understanding of the disease process, improves coping skills, and teaches the patient self-management.
- Patients may expect to realize specific outcomes such as fewer emergency room visits, lower re-hospitalization rates, decreased treatment interventions, decreased duration per hospitalization, increased functional ability, independence and self-care.
- Program graduates typically return to activities of daily living sooner and maintain a higher Quality of Life. The functional goals of (PR) are accomplished through up to 36 individuated exercise sessions held three times a week for 12 weeks, as defined by CMS.
ACCP/AACVPR guidelines published in CHEST, May 2007. We echo Dr. Ries’ synopsis below.
http://www.chestnet.org/about/press/releases/2007/050707_1.php
Dr. Andrew Ries, MD, MPH, FCCP, chair of the pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines committee with the American College of Chest Physicians.
“The primary goal of pulmonary rehabilitation is to restore the patient to the highest possible level of independent function”. We want patients to become more physically active and to learn more about their disease, treatment options, and how to cope.” Pulmonary rehabilitation can include exercise training, education, and instruction in various respiratory techniques, and psychosocial support. Research shows that pulmonary rehabilitation is appropriate for any stable patient with COPD who is disabled by respiratory symptoms.
For pulmonary patients who cannot attend a pulmonary rehabilitation program:
Rehabilitation Systems offers a unique online pulmonary rehabilitation training program, developed to serve patients seeking their own program. Scientifically-based restorative principals and practices fill your training program, organized to create a pathway to increased independence, skills for living, and quality of life. This is a 12 session training program with online-health-coaching to strengthen your learning and performance process.
This emerging approach to serving the restorative needs of a growing patient population at home, in skilled-, assisted-, and independent living facilities, community centers, and the like, is accomplished with a computer and an internet connection.
Plan to join us online for this 12 session pulmonary rehabilitation training program. Please don’t forget to invite a friend to join you for this life changing process, as you gain more control of your health. In this way you will build your own support system for on-going success.
Online rehabilitation classes are conducted Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in one hour sessions, for three (3) weeks. As part of this program, online health coaching helps you with technical issues, answers your health questions and walks you step-by-step through your rehabilitation program. Sign up now.
What will you get with this program?
You will receive two downloadable manuals. In one you will learn the process of rehabilitation, including personal assessment and evaluation, how to progress safely, techniques to help you avoid or survive exacerbation, how to use your oxygen equipment more effectively, and other topics.
The second manual will assist you in goal setting, building a personal health history, and developing a diary of your medications.
Over three weeks you will begin a process that has proven to reduce the devastating effects of pulmonary disease.
Exercise equipment used in our training program is very simple and can be used in any setting. You can do this program with a small amount of equipment. In fact, you may have many of the tools or resources available right now. Click here for a list of equipment in our gym.
Sign up now and your support group joins for free.
