As an inpatient at Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, your inpatient rehabilitation team will be led by a Medical Doctor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatrist), and will include occupational and physical therapy, psychology services, and rehabilitation nursing.
At the discretion of the attending Physiatrist, speech therapy and or therapeutic recreation may also be ordered.
Case Management
Your case manager serves as the spokesperson for the rehabilitation team, although all members are available for communication updates. The case manager assists you and your family through the rehabilitation process related to your diagnosis and changes you may be experiencing. Case managers help with discharge planning and arrange for appropriate follow-up services upon discharge. Your case manager will also schedule appropriate family training. Please do not hesitate to ask your case manager questions.
Nutritional Services
CRH nutrition team members work to provide you with meals that are nutritionally balanced and appetizing. The registered dietitian works with your physician, nursing team and speech-language pathologist to create a nutrition care plan customized to meet your specific needs. This may include a meal plan for diabetes, weight management or for patients with swallowing difficulty. The registered dietitian routinely monitors your nutritional status and progress while collaborating with other team members to adjust your care plan as needed. Nutrition education is provided for patients and caregivers as needed or requested.
Occupational Therapy
Your occupational therapist evaluates and plans your individual program to help you reach your highest possible level of independence in activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, grooming, bathing, toileting, kitchen tasks, home living skills and driving. Occupational therapists work with you on motor coordination and strength to help with such tasks as buttoning, tying shoes and writing. They may assist you with cognitive/perceptual retraining which includes attention, memory, problem solving, organization and visual perception activities. Your occupational therapist also helps you select adaptive equipment and devices you may need to make activities easier.
Physical Therapy
A detailed evaluation of your functional abilities is performed by your physical therapist who works with you in the areas of bed and wheelchair mobility, and walking, when appropriate. Goals and a treatment program are developed on the basis of the evaluation. Your program may include mobility training, ambulation training, exercise, and use of techniques and treatment for range of motion and pain control.
Physician Services
Your admitting physician, who is trained and experienced in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, directs your care. In addition, an internal medicine physician may assess your medical needs. When appropriate, consultations in other medical specialties are obtained. Your primary care physician will be kept informed about your progress at CRH and will continue your care after discharge.
Psychology/Neuropsychology
Psychologists help individuals face challenges that illness and injury pose for patients and families. Along with your other team members, psychologists may be involved in your care to help you and your family cope with illness to promote a successful rehabilitation outcome. The psychologist may use testing to help you and other therapy team members better understand some of the changes in thinking and coping skills that may have occurred because of illness or injury. They may also help you in thinking through various lifestyle changes as a result of disability.
Therapeutic Recreation
Leisure and recreation help define who we are and give life fullness. Your recreation therapist will focus on leisure-time activities, community reintegration, aquatic therapy and community resource identification to help you return to the community with as independent and healthy lifestyle as possible. Individual goals will be created to improve, maintain or restore physical strength, cognition and quality of life.
Rehabilitation Nursing
Your rehabilitation nurses encourage you to do as much as you can for yourself from the very beginning of your stay. They provide 24-hour acute nursing care, closely monitor your medical and functional status, and teach you how to prevent or manage other needs associated with your condition. Many CRH nurses are Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses (CRRN). They are trained to reinforce and encourage use of the skills learned in your therapy sessions, and share medical information about your progress with other team members.
Speech Language Pathology
Speech Language Pathology
If you experience communication or swallowing difficulties as a result of your illness or injury, a speech-language pathologist will work with you. Their aim is to improve speech, comprehension, thinking, memory, and reading and writing skills with special emphasis on social communication. Swallowing difficulties are carefully assessed and treated.
Sharon Basham, MD
Dr. Basham has served as Medical Director at Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital since 2008. She is Board Certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She also serves as a physician at the Central Coast Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Group in Santa Barbara.
Among her honors include being named Outstanding Physician of the Year, Cottage Health Systems, 2014, and Physician of the Year, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, 2011 and 2009.
Dr. Basham graduated from Vassar College and received her M.D. from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. She served as an intern at Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital and as a resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UCLA Medical Center.
Michael Lee, MD
Dr. Lee joined the medical staff at Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital in 2019. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He was named Physician of the Year, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, in 2020.
Dr. Lee graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in English. He received his M.D. from the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He completed his internship at Mercy St. Vincent Hospital and completed his residency at the University of Toledo Medical Center where he was chief resident.
Barry J. Ross, MD
Dr. Ross serves as a physician at Central Coast Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Group in Santa Barbara. He is board certified in Brain Injury Medicine and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Ross received his undergraduate degrees from the Black Hills State University and University of South Dakota, and his M.D. from Washington University School of Medicine. He interned at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and completed residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Prior to his medical education and training, Dr. Ross served in the United States Air Force.
Burgundy R. Tyrrel, MD
Dr. Tyrrel joined the medical staff at Cottage Hospital in 2021. She is board certified in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Tyrrel graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a bachelor of science in biology and bachelor of arts in Spanish. She received her M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC. She completed her residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.
After residency she worked as a Hospitalist at Marian Medical Center four five years before coming back to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital to work as a Hospitalist and now is the full time Internal Medicine Physician at Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital.
Vision Programs
Occupational therapists work in partnership with neuro-optometry to assess functional visual deficits, and provide interventions to individuals with field cuts, visual inattention, and low vision.
A wide range of patient-specific interventions are available, including Dynavision, and our Assistive Technology Center.
Assistive Technology
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital offers individuals with physical and/or cognitive impairments, access to devices that support maximum function and quality of life while in the hospital, at home, at work, and in the community.
Some examples of this technology include speech-generating devices and voice amplifiers for communication, alternative methods for accessing computers such as voice-controlled software and a gyroscopic mouse, and environmental controls that are voice or switch activated to control lights, TV, curtains, and more.
For more information, download the Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Assistive Technology Center brochure
Other
Other services available to Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital inpatients:
- Pelvic Rehabilitation Program
- LSVT Loud
- LSVT Big
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Specialized Wheelchair and Seating Evaluations
- Adaptive Driving
