How long will you be staying?

How long you’ll be here depends on your diagnosis and how independent your lifestyle will be after you leave us. Your therapists, doctors, nurses and social worker will work with you and your family to identify your goals. Then you and your treatment team will determine how long it wil take for you to reach those goals.

What will you do at the Elks Rehab Hospital?

Each day at Elks Rehab Hospital, you will work toward your independence. In addition to caring for your medical needs, our staff will help you practice the activities that you’ll want to do when you go home. This may include climbing stairs, dressing, bathing or walking outdoors. Your therapists will work with you to minimize your discomfort as you exercise to gain strength and flexibility. Because every patient is different, so is every treatment plan at the Elks Rehab Hospital. Your rehab team will work hard to develop a program that will meet your needs.

Your meals will be served three times a day in the dining room. Our nutrition experts will help you choose foods that you like, enhance your recovery and most importantly, follow your doctor’s orders. Our dietitians will also provide dietary plans for you when you leave.

Will you have a new doctor?

While you’re at Elks Rehab Hospital, a physician specially trained in rehabilitation (called a physiatrist) will direct your care. Your other physicians will be fully informed of your progress while you’re here.

What to bring:

• A few changes of casual, loose-fitting clothing
• Sturdy shoes with non-slip soles
• Long pants or shorts for therapy classes
• Sweater or sweatshirt
• Robe
• Toiletries
• All of your prescription and non-prescription medications (unless you are coming to Elks Rehab Hospital from an other hospital or skilled nursing facility)
• If you already have equipment such as crutches, a walker, a wheelchair or orthotic braces, bring those along too. Your therapist can make sure your equipment fits you and will help you practice using it.
• We provide gowns for you to sleep in, but you may bring your own sleepwear if you prefer. Please make arrangements with your family or friends for your laundry. If no one is able to bring you clean clothing, please tell your nurse.

What to leave at home:

• Jewelry
• Expensive personal items
• More than $2 cash

Visitors

Your family and/or care givers are encouraged to participate in your therapies. We also hope they can become familiar with your nursing care before you return home. Visitors, other than those who will be caring for you, are asked to come between 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., so that your therapies, meals and rest periods will not be interrupted.

Telephones

The telephone in your room has its own private line, voice mail system and data port for a laptop computer. You will also have access to wireless internet. Family and friends can call directly to your phone by dialing the number printed on it. Instructions on how to make outgoing calls are also printed on your phone. Instructions for your voice mail system will be provided for you in your admission information packet.

Coverage for our Services

Our services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance companies.

Need to know more?

If you have questions about admission to Elks Rehab Hospital, please call 208.489.4522

Privacy Policy Notice Of Privacy Practices Effective Date: April 14, 2003

This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and discloses how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully. This is a brief description of how we handle your health information. If you wish to read an entire copy of this notice or would like an entire copy of this notice, please request one from Admissions.

How we may use and disclose your health information

We use health information about you for treatment, to get paid for treatment, for administrative purposes, and to evaluate the quality of care that you receive. For example, your health information may be shared with other providers to whom you are referred. Information may be shared by paper, mail, electronic mail, fax or other methods. We may use or disclose your health information without your authorization for several reasons as required by law. But beyond those situations, we will ask for your written authorization before using or disclosing your health information. If you sign an authorization to disclose information, you can later revoke it to stop any future uses and disclosures.

Your Rights

In most cases, you have the right to look at or get a copy of your health information that we use to make decisions about you. If you request copies, we may charge you a cost-based fee. You also have the right to request a list of certain types of disclosures of your information that we have made. If you believe your health information is incorrect or information is missing, you have the right to request that we correct the existing information or add the missing information.

Our Legal Duty

We are required by law to protect the privacy of your health information, provide this notice about our privacy practices, follow the privacy practices that are described in this notice and seek your acknowledgment of receipt of this notice. We may change our privacy policies at any time. Before we make a significant change in our policies, we will change our notice and post the new notice in accessible public areas. You may also request a copy of our notice at any time.

Privacy Complaints

If you are concerned that we have violated your privacy rights, our privacy policies, or if you disagree with a decision we made about access to your health information, you may contact the person listed below. You also may send a written complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The person listed below can provide you with the appropriate address upon request.

If you have any questions or complaints, please contact: Mitzie Shigihara, ART, Privacy Officer P.O. Box 1100, Boise, Idaho 83701, 208.489.4681