Acute Care | TK News and Stories

Easter Festivities

The Recreation Therapy and Child Development Departments kicked off a fun filled Easter Event for the Acute patients & staff. The event featured a Petting Zoo and an Easter Egg Hunt held outside on a beautiful Spring day. Our kiddos were all smiles as they held, fed, and snuggled with baby lambs, piglets, bunnies, goats,…

Healing NAS Infants at the Totally Infants Program

In July of 2019, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital opened their Totally Infants Program for infants with medically complex conditions upon discharge from a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. This includes premature infants with various delayed conditions including slow feeding, and infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) who were born dependent on opioids. According to the…

Coronavirus Update & Continued Preventative Measures

Here we are now in the first week of April, thankful to God that we still have no evidence of the virus on our campus, or among our employees and contractors. Our prayers go out for those in our neighborhoods who are ill. May they recover quickly! Our prayers continue for the children in our…

Neurofeedback at Totally Kids

Neurofeedback is direct training of brain function, by which the brain learns more efficiently. We observe the brain in action from moment to moment. We show that information back to the person. The brain is rewarded for changing its own activity to more appropriate patterns. This is a gradual learning process. It applies to any…

Acute Graduation Parties

Graduation parties thrown at our Acute department, are our way to honor and celebrate patients for all of their hard work and accomplishments throughout their rehabilitation stay before they are discharged. Patients chose the kind of goodies and flavors that are their favorites- cake, cupcakes, ice cream, pizza and drinks. Families and staff members are…

Acute Rehabilitation: Two Unique Services

Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital provides acute care for babies, children, adolescents and young adults from infant to 21 years of age who are recovering from injury, surgery or serious illness and have the potential for recovery and return to home. Offered on both an inpatient and outpatient basis, care is provided in an organized and…

The Power of Horticultural Therapy

Horticultural Therapy is a powerful therapeutic intervention facilitated by our Recreation Therapists. It takes place outside on our beautiful acute courtyard. Our patients especially enjoy having the opportunity to be outdoors in our garden areas to enjoy a fresh breathe of air and feel the warmth of the sun on their face as they get…

Infant Massage at Totally Kids Acute Unit

The Totally Infants Program at Totally Kids Hospital has added a Parent Education component to their program. Parents are encouraged to receive training with our therapists who have been trained in Infant Massage Technique by the Infant Massage USA Organization. Parents can participate in Infant Massage Groups along with their baby and other parents/ babies,…

Say Hello to Daniel

Daniel is a very joyful 12-year-old boy who was admitted to Totally Kids for acute rehabilitation following surgery to his lower extremities. Since birth, Daniel has undergone a series of surgeries and procedures designed to help him maximize his physical abilities and live a healthier life. In April of this year, Daniel underwent the latest…

Meet Raymond

Meet Raymond, our first acute rehabilitation patient under the age of 3. On July 11th of this year, Raymond made history when he became the first infant to be admitted into our acute rehabilitation program. Prior to his admission, Totally Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was licensed to provide care to kids and young adults ages 3…