Toronto Rehab's Spinal Cord Program, housed at the Lyndhurst Centre (shown above), is the largest rehabilitation program in Canada for people with spinal cord injuries. The Spinal Cord Rehab Program provides both inpatient and outpatient services and is an essential link in the continuum of care – from acute care hospital to rehabilitation, to successful return to the community.
The Spinal Cord Rehab Program has an inter-professional healthcare team, including nurses, nursing assistants, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, social workers, psychometrists, psychologists, recreation therapists, speech language pathologists, dieticians, pharmacists, family physicians, physiatrists, and an educator with extensive expertise in all aspects of spinal cord rehabilitation and community reintegration.
The Spinal Cord Rehab Program is a provincial program and provides a full range of inpatient, outpatient, and follow-up services. With 60 inpatient beds, the program is the largest of its kind. Specialized services intended to ameliorate the burden of multimorbidity after spinal cord injury, augment functional abilities and neurorecovery are provided over the course of an individual's lifetime. Outpatient therapy services attract 12 400 visits per year which include: hydrotherapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work, respiratory therapy, speech language pathology, and therapeutic recreation. Specialized clinics attract over 10 000 visits per year. These clinics include: assistive technology service, bone density service, gynecology, intrathecal baclofen, nursing follow-up, physiatry, urology, seating clinic, and skin and wound management clinics. Linkages with employment services, peers and community support services are also available in collaboration with Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.