Barbara: Back Home to Family

Barbara, 75, was admitted to a short-term acute care hospital for a dislodged pigtail catheter in the pancreatic cavity consistent with pancreatitis. Her course of treatment at the traditional hospital was complicated by prerenal azotemia, left pleural effusion and gallbladder ulceration. 

Though Barbara’s condition stabilized at the traditional hospital, at the end of her stay she required extended recovery time.

Barbara transferred to Kindred Hospital Northeast – Stoughton for continued care on September 8.

Upon admission to Kindred Hospital, Barbara was dependent for all self-care and was non-ambulatory. Kindred’s interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, therapists and specialists evaluated Barbara and began an intensive treatment plan tailored to her medical needs.

With intense physical and occupational therapy Barbara made remarkable progress. By her discharge October 4 she was ambulating more than 150 feet and required only intermittent assistance with her self-care routine. Having achieved all her therapy goals, Barbara discharged home with family assistance as needed.

Kindred Hospital Northeast – Stoughton’s success is apparent in stories like this as well as in our quality scores – our patients and families rate our quality of care at 96.8 percent and over 99 percent recommend Kindred.

In 2010 our hospital was honored by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) with the Association’s Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR), based on strict safety and quality standards in the provision of respiratory care. We are also the winner of the third quarter, 2010 Hospital Employee Performance Gold Award, given to the hospital with the best overall performance in patient care excellence, customer satisfaction, efficiency and employee satisfaction.