Adult Rehabilitation (under 65)
Phoenix Unit
Adult Rehabilitation is one of the key services at The Royal Hospital Donnybrook (RHD). The service is led by a consultant in rehabilitation medicine, Dr. Áine Carroll, who also works in the National Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital.
Based around 12 beds, the Phoenix Unit provides three services:
- Goal specific continuing rehabilitation (usually following post acute rehabilitation)
- Rehabilitation needs assessment
- Therapeutic reassessment
Adult rehabilitation patients undertake a structured programme of therapy with the multidisciplinary team. Individual goals are set with the patients and they work closely with the whole team to achieve these goals.
Patients may also have periods in the Transition Lodge, a self-contained wheelchair accessible cottage in the grounds of the hospital. Here they can practice the skills required for independence, or can perhaps learn new ways of living independently, with the support of their carers.
From the very start, the team will focus on discharge from the hospital. They will assist each patient to find the appropriate accommodation and supports needed to return to the community. This may incorporate graduated return home with training for carers, home visits and weekends at home.
In November 2007, the Phoenix Rehabilitation Unit won first place in the Reconfiguration Category of the Better Service Awards in the Dublin mid-Leinster region. The project went on to participate in the HSE National Achievement Awards which took place in the Mansion House in Dublin in April 2008. These awards brought together the HSE Innovation and Quality and Safety Awards for the first time.
View / download the Phoenix Patient Information Leaflet here.
Maples Unit
The Maples Unit has a further six rehabilitation beds within a 28 bedded unit for adults under 65. This unit is run by the Medical Director, Dr. Lisa Cogan, who is a specialist in general internal medicine and geriatric medicine. Her clinical and research areas are stroke, orthopaedic rehabilitation and disordered consciousness patients.
Adult rehabilitation patients undertake a structured programme of therapy with the multidisciplinary team. Individual goals are set with the patients and they work closely with the whole team to achieve thse goals.
Patients may also have periods in the Transition Lodge, a self-contained wheelchair accessible cottage in the grounds of the hospital. Here they can practise the skills required for independence or can perhaps learn new ways of living independently with the support of their carers.
From the very start, the team will focus on discharge from the hospital. They will assist each patient to find the appropriate accommodation and supports needed to return to the community. This may incorporate graduated return home with training for carers, home visits and weekends at home.