About Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
Long Term Acute Care hospitals specialize in providing extended periods of hospital-level care to patients with two or more serious medical conditions. Summa Health partners with Select Specialty Hospital in Akron, a 60-bed free-standing, critical illness recovery hospital.
Patients of this type of facility typically present with multiple complex illnesses that require close observation and intensive treatment, including 24-hour availability of medical services and equipment only available in a hospital setting, frequent diagnostic services and active therapy participation.
Long Term Acute Care Services
Patients receive an individualized treatment plan that is designed by skilled professionals and overseen by a physician. Depending on each patient’s specific needs, the individualized treatment plan may include interventions provided by any or all of the following:
- Medical staff/providers
- Nursing and nursing assistants
- Respiratory therapists
- Physical therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Case managers
- Pharmacists
- Dietitians
Our Network
Summa Health partners with Select Specialty Hospital in Akron, a 60-bed free-standing, critical illness recovery hospital. Select Specialty Hospital specializes in helping critically ill patients breathe, speak, eat, walk and think as independently as possible. These patients require intense, special treatment for an extended period of time and require more care than a skilled nursing facility, nursing home or acute rehabilitation.
Location
Select Specialty Hospital – Akron
200 East Market Street
Akron, OH 44308
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