Inpatient Rehabilitation Demographics and Outcomes

Valley Children’s Rehab Center treated 26 pediatric patients up to the age of 21 in fiscal year 2024. The average length of stay was 16 days. Inpatient rehabilitation offers a minimum of three hours of core services (physical therapy, occupational therapy and/or speech) per day, six days a week. Our experienced team complements the core therapy program, providing additional hours of services for each patient and family based on their needs.

Our experts develop an individualized plan for rehab patients with a variance complex and common conditions which are not limited to but do include:

• Major Multiple Trauma* (19%)
• Traumatic Brain Dysfunction (15%)
• Spinal Cord Dysfunction (11%)
• Non-Traumatic Brain Dysfunction (31%)
• Neurological Disorders (8%)
• Debility (8%)
• Arthritis (8%)

*Multiple trauma can include patients who have both a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord dysfunction as well as a traumatic brain injury and orthopedic injuries.

Age Groups Served

Adolescents (ages 13-17 years) was the most prevalent population served, followed by the school aged (ages 5-12 years) population. The program’s target for unplanned transfers is less than 2% of persons served. This target was met with no persons served requiring an unplanned transfer. Following their course of inpatient rehabilitation, all persons served were discharged to their home environment. In FY 2024, there were no discharges to long term care, which falls under our target of no more than 1 per year.

Inpatient Rehabilitation Center Outcomes

Outcomes in our Inpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation Center are measured by the pediatric version of the Functional Independence Measure (WeeFIM® II).

The WeeFIM® II is used to assess our patients’ functional abilities in the areas of mobility, self-care, and cognition. This outcomes assessment is scored by several disciplines, including: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, therapeutic recreation and rehabilitation nursing. The Valley Children’s team of rehab experts carefully monitors and assesses patient improvement on a weekly basis in order to assure that patients are on track to meeting their predicted outcome goals. Valley Children's patients have some of the best outcomes in the country with greater improvement in independence after our care.

The data shown here represents the overall summary of our WeeFIM® outcomes in comparison to the national average for the fiscal year of 2024.

Overall Quality of Care

As part of an ongoing process to improve patient care and satisfaction, the parents and/or caregivers of our patients are given the opportunity to provide us feedback.

For overall quality of care we assess every service including our inpatient care team and the therapies that are provided. In 2024, the average score of all areas of service was 4.83 (scores that indicate 4.0 are considered as exceeding expectations and 5.0 are considered as greatly exceeding expectations).

Rehabilitation Unit Goals

• Provide the highest quality pediatric rehabilitation care tailored to meet the individual medical, physical, developmental, social, psychosocial and educational needs of each child and family
• Optimize services and care to restore maximal independence to the child and family and provide support as they transition back to home and school