The Alexis Verzal Children's Rehabilitation Hospital at Madonna is accredited by CARF, the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission as a Pediatric Specialty Program in areas of comprehensive inpatient hospital, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and comprehensive outpatient programs. According to CARF: "The essence of a Pediatric Specialty Program is family-centered care. Family-centered care is defined as having eight critical components. They are:
1. Recognition that the family/support system is the constant in a child's life, which the service systems and personnel within those systems change.
2. Facilitation of family/support system - professional collaboration at all levels of care.
3. Sharing of unbiased and complete information with the family/support system about the child's care on an ongoing basis, in an appropriate and supportive manner.
4. Implementation of appropriate policies and programs that are comprehensive and provide emotional and financial support to meet the needs of families/support systems.
5. Recognition of family/support system strengths and individuality and respect for different models of coping.
6. Understandindg and incorporating the developmental needs of infants, children, and adolescents and their families/support systems into healthcare systems.
7. Encouragement of family to family support.
8. Assurance that the design of healthcare delivery systems is flexible, accessible, and responsive to family/support system needs.". The Alexis Verzal Children's Rehabilitation Hospital is one of only eight in the U.S. that is accredited in both Brain Injury and Pediatric Specialty Programs,and one of only four accredited in both Spinal Cord System of Care and Pediatric Specialty Programs.
Madonna is the only free standing rehabiliation hospital in the region to house a separate,secured pediatric rehabilitation unit with dedicated,specialized pediatric clinical staff including a physiatrist,Dr. Adam Kafka.
The Alexis Verzal Children's Rehab Hospital offers comprehensive programming for adolescents and children with all types of diagnoses,from those who are still in the early stages of recovery following a very severe injury to those who have suffered a minor injury.
The facility is a 14-room secured area dedicated solely to young patients from infants to older teens. Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU). The hospital,which is decorated with a nature theme,is equipped with 14 single rooms with age appropriate furnishings and accommodations for a family member to stay. Children and adolescents are also served in the Rehabilitation Day Program and also by specially trained therapists on our Main Campus TherapyPlus location.
Children are not little adults. They have a constant need to play and learn,and things like family life,school and peer interactions are all very important.