Why Choose Cardinal Hill

Continuum of Care
Cardinal Hill offers a full range of services for all stages of recovery to achieve return to an active lifestyle.  Diagnoses include, but are not limited to:

  • Brain Injury
  • Spinal Cord
  • Stroke
  • Pulmonary
  • Orthopedic
  • Amputee


Clients are admitted to diagnosis specific units with specially trained staff.

Technology

Cardinal Hill provides advanced technology for gait, speech, swallowing deficiencies, motor recovery and cognitive recovery including:

  • Assistive technology for speech and voice
  • Bioness - upper and lower extremity muscle retraining
  • VitalStim - neuromuscular electrical stimulation for dysphagia
  • FEES - endoscopic swallowing assessment and training
  • Robotic Arm - neuromuscular training
  • Pressure mapping system for seating and mobility
  • Lokomat - gait training
  • Dynavision - Visual training
  • Driving Evaluation
  • Heated therapeutic pool
  • Speech Easy - dysfluency treatment
Outcomes
Cardinal Hill is a nationally recognized leader in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Discharge to the community is 80.2%, the national average is 70%
  • 58% gain in function from admission to discharge, the national average is 52%
  • Patient Satisfaction is 92%
  • 3 month post - discharge 97.4 % of clients are still residing in the community compared to the national average of  94.81%
Specialty Accreditation
Cardinal Hill has received distinguished accreditations and accolades for the quality of care we provide:
  • CARF Specialty accreditations: Comprehensive Inpatient, Stroke, Spinal Cord, Brain Injury and Amputation
  • Center of Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Two time national award winning Home Care agency
  • Named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals
Commitment to exemplary Care since 1950
Cardinal Hill is Kentucky's Largest Provider of Post Acute Physical Rehabilitation services to people of all ages.
  • Specialty certification and training for nurses and therapists
  • Research
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physicians attend ALL inpatient clients at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Cardinal Hill accepts Medicare, most private insurances, KY Medicaid and KY Medicaid Pending
Expanding Excellence
  • Adding 100 beds; 114 will be private beds; 94 beds will remain semi-private
  • Total bed capacity upon completion will be 208
  • Offering ventilator beds
  • Targeted completion for 2011
The Hard Knox Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
The "Hard Knox" Wheelchair Basketball Tournament will be held this coming weekend at Fort Knox.  The Hill on Wheels will ...
Run for the Hill
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital Presents: Run for the Hill 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk/Roll March 10, 2012 Keeneland    2012 ...
Cardinal Hill's Run for the Hill
Cardinal Hill's Run for the Hill will be held on March 10, 2012 at Keeneland. Be sure to check out the Event tab for more ...
2012 Lyal Leibrock Lifetime Acheivement Award
Cardinal Hill's Associate Medical Director, Dr. Russell Travis, has been selected, once again, to receive the 2012 Lyal Leibrock ...
Cardinal Hill Specialty Hospital
Cardinal Hill Specialty Hospital, Ft. Thomas, KY, transferred ownership to Select Medical effective January 16, 2012.  Cardinal ...