Atchison
Treatment and Rehab
ADVOCARE
1004 Lincoln PO Box 63, Wamego, KS 66547
Phone: 800-767-8718; 785-456-8910; homecare@wamego.net
http://www.advocarehomecare.com/
Advocare offers medical care in the home including nursing and therapy services (physical, occupational, and speech language therapy). It also offers in-home services for health aides and companion care. It serves northeast Kansas.
Atchison Hospital
800 Raven Hill Drive, Atchison, KS 66002
Phone: 913-367-2131
http://www.atchisonhospital.org/getpage.php?name=new_facility
Atchison Hospital is a full service Community Hospital that provides in-home, inpatient, and outpatient services. Home health care is available to help individuals recover from illness or surgery and to regain strength and mobility. Rehabilitation is available through occupational health, physical therapy, and speech therapy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center (Leavenworth VA Medical Center)
4101 S. 4th St., Trafficway, Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: 913-682-2000
http://www.leavenworth.va.gov/
The VAMC provides an array of health care services to veterans in eastern Kansas. Some of its programs include rehabilitative services (physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies). This includes specialized services to veterans in need of rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury. An interdisciplinary team works with homebound patients. The VAMC also has a comprehensive mental health program targeting issues that impact an individual's emotional well-being.
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital
427 West Main Street, Gardner, KS 66030
Phone: 913-856-8747
http://www.meadowbrookrehab.com/
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, as well as skilled nursing and long-term care. The inpatient TBI Program provides intensive therapy encompassing occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy. The program also includes life skills training (community integration), neuropsychology, an activities program, and a drug and alcohol class. The TBI program is available to individuals age 16-64. Meadowbrook also provides services through the TBI waiver.
NEK Multi County Health Department Home Health and Hospice
P.O. Box 182, Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone: 785-742-7192
http://nekhealthdepartment.org
This agency serves a three county area including Atchison, Brown, and Jackson. The county health department offers basic health services that may be of importance to survivors of TBI and their families and provides a resource for general health information. Home health services include skilled nursing, home health aides to address specific needs, and in-home therapy services addressing physical, occupational, and communication/swallowing needs.
Contact: Cindy Cluck; nekmulti@rainbowtel.net
Northeast Assistive Technology Access Site: Independence, Inc.
2001 Haskell Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046
Phone: 785-841-1067
This Assistive Technology Access Site provides information, demonstration, and a short term loan of an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device or other assistive devices such as an adaptive switch or modified computer mouse/keyboard. It also offers a re-use program where durable medical equipment is refurbished and then given to people who need it.
