Infirmary Long Term Acute Care Hospital, the only hospital of its kind in the region, is a specialty care hospital designed to meet the needs of patients who are critically ill and require extended, medically complex care. The care is patient-centered and customized to meet the unique needs of patients and their families. 

Infirmary LTAC Hospital received the National Association of Long Term Hospital’s (NALTH) Quality Achievement Award. The award, which recognizes innovative processes, was given to the hospital for its work in reducing overall infection rates. 

 

Who benefits from long term acute care?

Conditions and treatments that may qualify patients for the care provided at Infirmary Long Term Acute Care Hospital include:

• Pulmonary.
  • Ventilator weaning.
  • Tracheotomy weaning.
  • COPD or respiratory failure.
• Wound management/skin care.
  • Complex wound care.
  • Post-surgical or post-trauma.
  • Pressure ulcers.
• Long-term IV antibiotics.
• Postsurgical complications.
• Spinal cord injuries.
• Patients with medically complex issues.
• Multi-system failure.
  • Complicated diabetes.
  • Kidney disease/renal dialysis.
  • Cardiac disease.
• Multiple trauma.
• Musculoskeletal.
  • Complex joint replacements.
  • Fractures.
  • Long-term traction.
  • Amputations.
• Neurological.
  • Stroke.
  • Trans-ischemic stroke.
  • Parkinson’s disease.
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome.
  • Traumatic brain injury.