Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital Acute Rehabilitation

At Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, our acute rehabilitation services have cared for the Sumter, Clarendon and Lee County community for more than three decades.

Comprehensive and specialty rehab care

Benefits of our program include:

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary team of physiatrists, nurses, dietitians, therapists, and case managers dedicated to providing expert care to people with comprehensive rehabilitation needs
A specialty unit including patient rooms, nursing care units, and gym space specifically designed to meet the unique needs of a person with comprehensive rehabilitation needs
Specialized medical management, nursing and therapy in a hospital setting
Individualized family training to prepare families and caregivers for a safe transition home.
Co-treatment with interdisciplinary teams
Transition to the next appropriate level of care when you graduate from the inpatient rehabilitation program

Conditions treated

We specialize in medical treatment, rehabilitation and providing a comprehensive inpatient program for patients with the following conditions:

Stroke.
Spinal cord injury.
Brain injury.
Amputation.
Hip fracture.
Multiple trauma.
Cancer.
Progressive neurological conditions (Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.).

We aim to take recovery to its ultimate level by giving individuals who are experiencing catastrophic illness or injury both opportunity and hope for restoring their functional independence.

Contact us

For more information, please call 803-774-9574 for admissions information and screening, or 803-774-9476 for our program director.

Services provided

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy services provide evaluation and treatment to improve patients’ functional skills, increase self-sufficiency, and improve the quality of life.

Services include:

Assessing the performance of self-care tasks and advanced activities of daily living such as cooking, childcare and money management.
Provision of adaptive equipment.
Rehabilitation of upper extremities/hand injuries.
Fabrication of splints or casts to increase mobility and prevent joint contractures.
Enhancing memory, attention span, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Addressing visual-perceptual deficits through compensatory strategies.
Therapeutic activities to increase strength, range of motion and motor control.
Technologies and modalities such as electrical stimulation and vision coach.
Assessing low vision and visual perceptual skills that impact activities of daily living.

Physical therapy

Physical therapy services include the evaluation and treatment of patients requiring neurological or musculoskeletal rehabilitation or wound care.

Services include:

Therapeutic exercises to regain mobility, strength and balance.
Mobility training to gain independence with walking or maneuvering a wheelchair.
Treatment of neck and back pain.
The use of specialized manual techniques to improve tissue function, which could include soft tissue mobilization, functional orthopedic approach, muscle energy, strain/counter strain and joint mobilizations.
Technologies and modalities such as electrical stimulation, iontophoresis, ultrasound and motomed.
Wheelchair evaluation/assessment to provide patients with access to vendors and therapists for wheelchair seating and positioning needs, often including the use of Pressure Mapping System.

Speech therapy

Our speech-language pathologists offer a comprehensive scope of services including assessment and treatment for patients with communication, cognitive or swallowing difficulties to make a functional difference in their daily lives.

Services include:

Videofluoroscopic swallowing evaluations and treatment for difficulty swallowing.
Evaluation and treatment of speech-language and cognitive impairments related to stroke and other neurological conditions.
Rehabilitation for people with a tracheostomy.
Augmentative alternative communication assessments.
Addressing motor speech disorders such as verbal apraxia and dysarthria.
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for the treatment of swallowing disorders.
Patient and caregiver education and training, which is an important component of treatment sessions.

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Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital Acute Rehabilitation

Comprehensive and specialty rehab care

Benefits of our program include:

Conditions treated

Contact us

Services provided

Services include:

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