Health Matters: Before You Go Home After Surgery
From building strength to increasing endurance, health experts at Lee Health’s post-acute rehabilitation work with patients to get them home safely after surgery. “We do a lot of orthopedic patients who come in after a knee or a hip surgery. We have back surgery patients, stroke patients, and then medical patients, who had some severe illness and were debilitated,” said Frances Haas, a nurse practitioner with Lee Health.
Post-acute rehab is also important for patients with heart failure and pulmonary issues. “We want to make sure that they are able to take care of themselves, to do their...