Glen Cove Hospital's new $11M brain rehab unit includes VR headsets, gaming - Newsday

Glen Cove Hospital has opened an $11 cardinal carnal medicine and rehabilitation portion with virtual world and gaming technology, a simulated room and bath and different features intended to assistance patients with neurological conditions specified arsenic encephalon injury, Parkinson’s illness and stroke.

The caller acute-care rehabilitation portion includes 24 backstage rooms and 2 treble rooms. Twelve beds are designated for patients with Parkinson’s disease.

The 15,500-square-foot portion “was designed to supply a holistic therapeutic situation delicate to the needs of patients with neurological deficits… to assistance patients scope their highest level of relation and prime of life,” Kerri Anne Scanlon, enforcement manager astatine the 247-bed hospital, said successful a statement.

The abstraction includes features designed for older adults specified arsenic ample partition clocks, handicap-accessible restrooms, nonslip flooring and handrails. The colour scheme, creation and lighting is intended to make a “spa-like atmosphere,” Northwell Health said.

The portion includes a main nursing presumption that provides continuous physics monitoring of patients’ cardiac condition, arsenic good arsenic a outer nursing station; 3 rooms for backstage code therapy, neuropsychology and consultations; 2 carnal therapy and occupational gyms; a simulated flat with a bathroom, room and chamber wherever patients tin signifier hands-on activities to hole to instrumentality home; and a abstraction for recreational and originative arts therapy, including creation therapy.

The caller portion is equipped with 2 carnal therapy and occupational gyms. Credit: Northwell Health/Lee S. Weissman

Its virtual world and gaming therapy strategy is intended to marque repetitive therapy tasks much fun, Northwell said. Patients deterioration a headset and assemblage sensors arsenic they execute activities meant to assistance with strengthening, coordination, equilibrium and visual-spatial skills, arsenic good arsenic cognitive skills.  

The portion “meets the increasing needs of our diligent assemblage with complex, high-acuity encephalon and neurological disorders,” Susan Maltster, seat of the hospital’s section of carnal medicine and rehabilitation, said successful a statement.

In summation to the caller neurological rehabilitation unit, the infirmary besides includes acute rehabilitation units designed for patients with conditions specified arsenic spinal cord injury, cancer, amputation and different orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions. Altogether, the infirmary includes 86 rehabilitation beds connected 3 floors spanning 57,500 quadrate feet.

The infirmary expects to service much than 1,950 rehabilitation patients a year.