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REHABILITATIVE SERVICES

PHYSICAL THERAPY SPEECH THERAPY OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

PHYSICAL THERAPY

MONDAY - FRIDAY (EVENING HOURS AVAILABLE)

Medicare & Medicaid Certified
Most Insurance Plans Accepted
(Including Workers' Compensation)

TYPICAL DIAGNOSES & INTERVENTIONS

Post-operative Orthopaedics
Sports Related Injuries
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Neurological Rehabilitation
(Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury)
Balance Disorders/Fall Prevention
Pain or Disorders of the Spine
Industrial Rehabilitation
Work Reconditioning
Pre-employment Screening
Dysfunction of the Upper Extremity
(Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist or Hand)
Dysfunction of the Lower Extremity
(Hip, Knee, Ankle or Foot)
Wound Care
Lymphedema Management
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Pediatric Disorders

When a patient is referred to DCH Physical Therapy, they should expect to receive the following:

An extensive evaluation performed by a licensed physical therapist
Appropriate communication between the therapist and the patient, family and referring physician
Patient and family education as appropriate
Personalized care provided by our experienced professionals
Courtesy check to your insurance company to obtain any necessary prior authorizations and/or pre-certifications

Aurora Physical Therapy is credentialed as a free standing physical therapy clinic under Health Services Corporation (HSC), a subsidiary company owned by Dearborn County Hospital. The office is located at 107 Bridgeway Street, Suite 202, Aurora, Indiana and is staffed by Dearborn County Hospital outpatient physical therapists. Aurora Physical Therapy is open by appointment, Monday through Friday with evening hours available.

Aurora Physical Therapy was created to assist patients who have a limited or differential coverage for physical therapy when provided at a hospital based outpatient department as opposed to a freestanding physical therapy clinic. Some insurance companies now provide restricted or higher co-pay insurance for physical therapy at hospital-based centers as compared to free-standing therapy clinics and for some insurance companies, the opposite holds true. In either case, when patients call to set up an appointment at any one of our locations, our staff will perform a courtesy check of their insurance and provide them financial options so that they may make an informed financial decision to where they wish to receive physical therapy.

For more information or to make an appointment at our Lawrenceburg, Indiana location, please contact us at 812-537-8144 or 800-676-5572, ext. 8144.

To make an appointment at our Aurora, Indiana location, please call 812-926-0431.

(A physician referral is required to make an appointment)

SPEECH THERAPY

The Dearborn County Hospital Speech Therapy Department provides comprehensive care for people of all ages, including pediatrics. The Speech Therapy Department is committed to helping people with communication, cognitive and swallowing disorders through individualized evaluation and treatment. DCH speech therapists are licensed and certified and are devoted to providing the highest level of care. Speech therapy is provided in all settings including inpatient, outpatient, home health and hospice. Conditions requiring speech therapy may have existed from birth or resulted from a developmental delay, illness, disease or an accident.

Pediatric Speech Therapy

Do you have concerns regarding your child's communication skills? Take a moment to review the Speech-Language Screening Quiz to see if your child might require further evaluation.

We offer a child friendly and family focused environment with play-based therapy sessions. Our goal is to provide individualized treatment to help each child gain as much functional communication and intelligible speech as possible. Conditions requiring speech therapy may be a result of apraxia, autism, down syndrome, stuttering or a speech and language delay.

Adult Speech Therapy

Adults services are provided to inpatients, outpatients and through home health services. Comprehensive assessments and treatment plans are designed to improve deficits and overall quality of life. These deficits may be related to various speech, language, cognitive, voice and swallowing disorders that may result from a stroke, brain injury, Parkinson's Disease or Alzheimer disease. Throughout the process, patients and family members are educated to use new strategies and techniques to compensate for communication or swallowing disorders.

For more information, please contact the department at 812-527-8208 or 800-676-5572, ext.8208.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

The Occupational Therapy Department at Dearborn County Hospital provides services to patients of all ages in a variety of treatment settings including inpatient, outpatient and home health/hospice. The skills of an Occupational Therapist are needed when health problems challenge a person’s ability to engage in daily life activities. Occupational Therapy helps people in developing the skills for the “job of living” necessary for independent and satisfying lives.

The outpatient Occupational Therapy department offers specialized care for pediatrics and upper extremity/hand injuries. The following are examples of conditions and injuries to the upper extremity that would require the skills of an Occupational Therapist—amputations, cumulative trauma, burns, tendon injuries, arthritis, crush injuries, trauma, sports injuries and upper extremity fractures. Occupational Therapists use various treatment tools to improve function including splinting, modalities (iontophoresis, fluidotherapy, electrical stimulation and ultrasound), and the BTE Work Simulator II. The BTE is used to simulate numerous work-related tasks to design a rehabilitation program specific to the patient’s needs.

Outpatient Occupational Therapy services may benefit a child who displays learning delays or deficits; delayed or uncoordinated fine motor skills affecting hand function with grasping, handwriting, cutting, eating or construction tasks; sensory processing difficulties such as difficulty attending to tasks or oversensitivity to touch, movement, sound and/or light; neuromuscular conditions such as cerebral palsy, developmental delays, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, etc.; delayed self care skills such as shoe tying, dressing, bathing, etc. Occupational Therapists use therapeutic skills that promote age-appropriate development in the areas of play, self care and learning.

For more information, please contact the DCH Occupational Therapy Department at 812-532-2607 or 800-676-5572, ext. 2607.