By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Mosaic Life Care plans to have a new 18-bed rehabilitation unit operating by mid-summer.
Mosaic CEO Mike Poore says the unit will be located on the third floor of the St. Joseph hospital, offering various rehabilitation services to those coming off neurosurgery or other serious operations.
“Some patients could be heart attack patients that take a longer time to do recovery,” Moore tells reporters during a news conference. “And, in the past, these patients have had to travel to Kansas City to get the same care. So, we’re excited about having this in place.”
Poore says the unit should be in operation by July 1st. The unit will provide a variety of services, such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy.
Lifepoint Hospital Rehabilitation Services will manage the unit for Mosaic.
Poore says the unit will fill a void.
“There are no rehab units between here, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas north of Kansas City,” Poore says. “So, this will be fairly unique.”
Poore says the unit will seek to help patients recover from serious surgeries and get back home. Poore says Lifepoint will provide the services needed.
“It’s pretty specialized,” Moore says. “Finding the right people to do this type of care, to get people back to their homes, back to their way of life is very important to us.”