Stroke Recovery Center at Drake

Drake Center in Cincinnati has long been known as a regional leader in stroke recovery care, providing specialized inpatient and outpatient neurorehabilitative services. Now, combined with physicians and researchers from the University of Cincinnati's internationally-recognized Stroke Team, we've developed the Stroke Recovery Center at Drake, a continuum of inpatient and outpatient, interdisciplinary stroke recovery care and research. Patients may access one or multiple levels of service based on their medical condition:

• Inpatient Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) or Transitional Skilled Nursing care for the stroke patient whose complex, high level condition requires extended inpatient care and meets Drake's admission requirements.
• Specialized outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapies provided by therapists experienced in neurorehabilitation using state-of-the-art equipment. Patients who complete this treatment may be recommended for inclusion in stroke research studies or our new Stroke Team Assessment and Recovery Treatment (START) Program.
• The START Outpatient Program (see below for more details and links) is for stroke survivors who have completed standard treatment and want a second opinion from an interdisciplinary team of medical, therapy and research specialists to determine if a fuller recovery might be possible. If so, a personalize care plan is developed. This service is available for patients who have already completed standard treatments, from those a few months to several years post-stroke.
• Research testing the latest stroke recovery techniques and tools. The care provided as part of these research studies are at no cost to the patient.
• Wellness and conditioning programs, including aquatics.

Ideal Patients:

• Patients being discharged from an acute care hospital and ready to begin their recovery from stroke. Some patients might be appropriate for Drake's LTAC or transitional skilled nursing care; most would benefit from Drake's specialized outpatient therapies.
• Patients who have completed their standard therapeutic treatments, even those who are years post-stroke, and are seeking a fuller recovery. These patients may benefit from the START Outpatient Program to help regain skills.

Benefits of the Stroke Recovery Center at Drake:

• Interdisciplinary team of neurologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, physical, occupational and speech therapists, neuropsychologists and researchers specialized in neurorehabilitation.
• The area's only neurorehabilitation research lab, providing patients access to the latest therapy approaches and technologies.
• Speech language pathologists who identify and treat the cognitive and physical conditions that inhibit speech and comprehension. Augmentative communication can also be provided when needed.
• State-of-the-art equipment such as the BalanceMaster, Gait Rite, Bioness, Saeboflex and driver simulator, as well as the area's only warm water therapy pool with a moveable floor for easy patient access.
• Various levels of care available to meet a variety of patient needs
• Affiliation with the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati's University Hospital and the UC Neuroscience Institute, extending the experience and expertise of their internationally known Stroke Team to the next step in stroke treatment-helping patients regain skills and rebuild their lives after stroke.

Drake Center receives CARF's highest accreditation. read more . . .

Learn more about the START Program

Read about the START Program in MD News

Learn more about the facts of stroke recovery

Common questions and answers about the Stroke Recovery Center at Drake and the START Program

Print out a START Patient Data form

Online START Patient Data form 

For more information about the Stroke Recovery Center at Drake, call  513.418.2470 or toll free at 800.948.0003 (ext. 2470).