Loyola University Medical Center's Acute Rehabilitation Unit is being re-accredited for the maximum three years by CARF International, an independent, non-profit accrediting body.
Loyola's comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation program and stroke rehabilitation specialty program are being accredited through March, 2016. This is Loyola's third consecutive three-year accreditation for comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation, and its second accreditation for stroke.
As part of the accreditation process, a CARF team conducted an onsite survey to ensure that Loyola's rehabilitation programs meet specific, consumer-focused service standards. These standards have been developed with input from patients, rehabilitation professionals, state and national organizations and funding organizations.
Loyola's stroke rehabilitation offers a full range of services to help patients regain the best possible quality of life following stroke. It combines physical, occupational and speech therapies.
Achieving CARF accreditation as a stroke specialty program requires that additional standards be met, above and beyond those required for accreditation in comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation. The CARF accreditation augments Loyola's accreditation from the Joint Commission as a stroke center. And for four years in a row, Loyola has won a Get with the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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