Admission to the Rehabilitation Hospital

The Medical Director of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital, or his designee, makes all admissions decisions based on the following criteria:

• The patient must require twenty-four hour rehabilitation nursing, daily oversight of the plan of care by a rehabilitation physician, and intense therapy services.

• The patient must be able to actively participate in intense therapy services, which means at least two disciplines of therapy for at least three hours per day for five out of seven day period.
• The patient must have a reasonable plan for discharge.
• The patient must be at least 13 years of age.