Cardinal Hill Healthcare System Athletics and Recreation

Recreation provides individuals with disabilities an opportunity to participate in activities that might even challenge their own expectations and misconceptions.

Hill on Wheels

Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital supports a wheelchair team.  Hill on Wheels, captured the 10th Annual NWBA Division III National Championship Title on March 15, 2008

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For the latest version of the Hill on Wheels News Letter click here 

News/Events

    • The Kentucky Kernel had a nice article about the Bluegrass Invitational Tournament.  Check out their story. Justin Harris, a shooting guard for the Hill on Wheels, is quoted in this article.
    • Run for the Hill is coming up on March 10th.  Get your team together and join us!

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For more information regarding athletics or recreation activities sponsored through Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, email recreation@cardinalhill.org.

Recreation Opportunites for Current Inpatient Clients

Pet Therapy

THERAPY DOGS AT CARDINAL HILL
Our dogs come to Cardinal Hill once a week to the Conservatory where they spend time visiting with our patients.  It is wonderful to see the smiles on the faces of everyone who visit with the dogs.  Not only do the dogs provide a reminder of home, but they also can motivate people to accomplish a task. It could be something as simple as reaching out to pet them, or holding a treat while they perform a trick.  The most important thing is that the dogs help to improve the client’s quality of life.

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To learn more about our program, please click here to see our Pet Therapy Brochure

 

Will Coffman Recreation Room

Will Coffman is an ambassador of Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, having been a patient following a spinal cord injury in 1997. During his stay at Cardinal Hill, Will saw the need for a space that patients could escape to and enjoy time with family and friends.  He decided to create the Will Coffman Recreation Room to serve the patients of Cardinal Hill.  The room includes a ping pong and a pool table, board games, foosball, air hockey, a patient library and a computer and printer.  The room also includes a big screen television, leather couches and chairs. 

 

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Will Coffman Recreation Room

 

Painting at Cardinal Hill

Cardinal Hill is proud to present the opportunity for our patients to tap into their inner artist twice a week and participate in a painting activity.  We offer different options to our patients including painting wooden objects such as birdhouses, picture frames and small jewelry boxes, as well as painting on canvases.  We also do other crafts as they are available.  Many of our patients come to us claiming they are not artistic, but leave the session with a beautiful piece of art!

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Therapeutic Garden

With the help of a grant from the Junior League of Lexington, Cardinal Hill Hospital created a Therapeutic Garden in 2006.  The goal was to create an area where clients and their families could enjoy being outdoors and a place therapists could bring clients that would expand the traditional opportunities for rehabilitation.

Soon after its inception, it was evident that the therapists would benefit from more extensive education on gardening. They wanted to offer the most accurate and thorough information possible to their clients.

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Read more: Therapeutic Garden

   

Hill on Wheels Basketball Team

Who We Are

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Hill on Wheels Wheelchair Basketball Team is a Division III member of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. Hill on Wheels was founded in 2002.

Read more: Hill on Wheels Basketball Team

   
  • Upcoming Events
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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
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