Oncology Rehabilitation Program
Treatment And Recovery
The Oncology Rehabilitation Program
at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital provides a full range of rehabilitative services aimed at meeting the multi-faceted
medical, psychological, and functional needs of individuals with cancer-related disabilities.
In order to best meet the needs of our patients, the rehabilitation treatment team needs to know the patient’s
prognosis, as well as ongoing or future treatment plans. We will begin by discussing the
patient’s and family’s expectations for rehabilitation, and from there,design an individualized plan of care.
Rehabilitation is appropriate for patients who are medically stable and who can tolerate 3 hours of
therapy each day.
We address issues:
- Directly related to the cancer diagnosis
- Indirectly related to the cancer/paraneoplastic syndromes
- Resulting from medical treatment
- Resulting from surgical intervention
- Involving complications of immobility/inactivity
The Spinal Cord Injury Treatment Team Consists of:
- Board-Certified Physiatrist
- Internal Medicine/Medical Oncologist
- Rehabilitation Nurses
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Psychologist
- Case Manager
- Dietician
Therapeutic Objectives
- Improvement of function—maximizing ability at home, at work, and in the community
- Caregiver support through education and equipment
- Symptom management
Treatment Focus
We offer three categories of rehabilitation:
- Restorative: Goal is to return the patient to their premorbid status without remarkable residual
handicap
- Supportive: Goal is to eliminate as much disability as possible by proper treatment and training in
compensatory techniques
- Palliative: Goal is to provide treatment to slow down the progressive loss of function and reduce potential complications of
the disease
Brochure (pdf)
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