Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital’s Total Joint Orthopedic Program model of care is that it is a comprehensive program for joint replacement surgery that focuses on helping our patients get better sooner. Here are the key points of the center’s model of care:   

• Advanced pain control options 
• Free, personalized patient education offered preoperatively 
• Aggressive rehabilitation- PT/OT therapists visit patients 3-4 times per day and nursing staff reinforces exercise and gait skills in-between therapy sessions 
• “Joint Camp” concept with dedicated staff committed to building enthusiasm among joint replacement patients 
• Accelerated post hospitalization rehabilitation options- outpatient therapy appointments or home care visits set up prior to discharge 
• Decreased use of items that decrease patient’s mobility and independence such as Foley catheters and continuous passive motion machines 
• Positive patient outcome data reflecting most patients are achieving their rehab goal to become functionally independent within a 4-day hospital stay
• New navigation system for Total Joint Replacement patients in the Operating Room