Frequently Asked Questions

Many specialty hospitals, including Gaylord, do offer outpatient services including physician services, physical and occupational therapies, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, psychology, nutritional counseling and lab services, to name a few.

A team of physicians, nurses, therapists, dietitians, and case managers cares for our patients. Physicians on our medical staff are board certified in a variety of medical specialties, including critical care medicine, internal medicine, pulmonology and physiatry (physical medicine and rehabilitation). Patients have round-the-clock access to physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and other members of their treatment team.

While we care for patients with a wide range of medical issues, patients that may be eligible for admission include:

• Patients with multiple system failures
• Patients dependent on a ventilator who can be successfully weaned
• Patients in need of intensive wound care
• Patients too medically unstable for transfer to a skilled nursing facility
• Patients whose rehabilitation is compromised by acute medical issues
• Patients in the intensive care unit or on medical/surgical floors who have exceeded their length of stay and still require a high acuity level of care.

Gaylord offers programs that have been specially designed for patients requiring complex medical and rehabilitation services. Unlike a short-term acute care hospital, which focuses on stabilizing a patient’s medical condition, we specialize in providing intensive medical and therapy services to patients with medically complex conditions.

Gaylord offers a combination of intensive medical and rehabilitative hospital services. The benefits to patients include briefer lengths of stay in the short-term acute care hospital, less patient recidivism and an increased rate of discharges home. We provide a safety net for the most vulnerable patients, assuring that a hospital level of care will be maintained when required. At the same time, we help short-term acute care hospitals realize financial and other operational benefits by permitting them to shorten their average lengths of stay and optimize patient access to emergency departments and intensive care units.

Gaylord accepts Medicare, Connecticut Medicaid and most private insurances. Our patients generally come from an acute care hospital and still require a hospital level of care. Our patients generally are discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility.