Our amputee program addresses the medical and functional issues individuals face following the loss of a limb(s). Our dedicated team of rehabilitation professionals includes a rehabilitation physician, rehab nurses, therapists, social worker, case manager, psychologist, dietitian and prosthetist.
Services We Offer
- Wound management and swelling control are initial priorities
- Stump shaping to prepare for fitting of a prosthesis and ambulation training
- Strengthening, balance training and adaptive techniques to successfully accomplish self-care activities and daily routine
- Counseling and a support group to help patients and their families adjust to their disability and maximizing their functional independence
Goals of the Amputee Program
- Maintain a good state of health and assist in preventing secondary medical complications
- Assist with the psychological adjustment to disability and development of coping strategies
- Maximize independence in self-care and activities of daily living
- Independence in mobility skills
- Reduce swelling and shape limb for prosthetic fit
- Evaluate for prosthesis prescription and assist in fitting
- Maintain good skin integrity and remain wound free
- Provide patient and caregiver education and training
- Develop a comprehensive discharge plan
Rehabilitation Treatment Model
- Clinical Rehabilitation: Evaluation and treatment guidelines
- Clinical Protocols: Continuously updated based on best practices
Special Program Services
- Case management services to coordinate treatment
- Community reintegration activities provide the opportunity to identify strategies that will promote independence
- Home accessibility evaluations
- Home modification plans
- Amputee clinic
- Wound and residual limb management
- Amputee pain management
- Exercise prescription
- Prosthetic prescriptions/fitting
- Ambulation training – when indicated
- Adjustment counseling
- Medical management and nutrition counseling
- Support groups for patients / family members / caregivers
Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital hosts an Amputee Support Group the third Thursday of every month at 6:30 pm.
Please call 717-406-3000 for more information.