Overview: Recovery from serious illness or injury often requires intense physical, occupational and speech therapy. Once a patient is discharged from the hospital, this intensive level of therapy may best take place in an inpatient rehabilitation unit.
Providence Acute Rehabilitation Center (PARC) is a 21-bed inpatient unit located at Providence Portland Medical Center. It is designed specifically for patients who have suffered devastating injuries, strokes and other debilitating medical conditions. Here patients, doctors and a highly skilled team of therapists strive together to help patients regain quality of life after a life-altering medical event.
The team helps patients:
Regain self-confidence
Improve functional skills
Achieve maximum physical, cognitive, language and psychosocial skills
Families make up an important part of the recovery team. The PARC staff understands the concerns families and patients have about changes in lifestyle, roles and responsibilities that can result from major medical events. The center helps each family prepare for the patient’s homecoming. They teach the family how to care for their loved one while respecting his or her independence and dignity.
News & Information
Wilderness survivor begins rehabilitation therapy at Providence Portland Medical Center
The 76-year-old woman who survived two weeks in the wilderness regained strength after undergoing intensive therapy sessions at Providence Acute Rehabilitation Center (PARC).
Magazine features Providence Acute Rehabilitation Center
The Spring/Summer 2007 edition of Providence Together magazine featured a four-page article on two patients and their journey through rehab at PARC.
Our team
Molly Hoeflich, M.D., heads the extensive team of therapists, nurses and caregivers who work at Providence Acute Rehabilitation Center.
Radio show features interview with PARC director
Portland radio station KXL-AM interviewed Dr. Molly Hoeflich, medical director of Providence Acute Rehabilitation Center, on Sept. 6, 2007. Listen to the interview as she talks about the results patients can achieve through intensive rehabilitation.
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