Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital support patients after illness, injury, surgery, stroke, heart disease, or hospitalization. Walking, eating, speaking, dressing, and returning home can suddenly become difficult. Therefore, our team helps each patient regain function, confidence, and a meaningful daily life.
At Kano General Hospital, rehabilitation is not limited to exercise. It also supports safe discharge, daily independence, family life, and community living. In addition, our therapists work closely with physicians, nurses, dietitians, and social workers.
Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital: Individualized Programs
Each patient receives a rehabilitation plan suited to their condition and goals. Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech-Language-Hearing Therapists work together. As a result, patients can receive care that matches their stage of recovery.
We provide rehabilitation 365 days a year. First, we support recovery during hospitalization. Next, we prepare patients for life after discharge. After that, home-visit rehabilitation can help patients continue therapy in their own community.
Facility Certification Standards
- Cerebrovascular Disease Rehabilitation (Grade I)
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (Grade I)
- Respiratory Rehabilitation (Grade I)
- Disuse Syndrome Rehabilitation (Grade I)
- Recovery-Phase Rehabilitation Ward Admission Fee (Grade I)
- Cardiovascular Disease Rehabilitation Fee (Grade I)
Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital: Department Initiatives
Training Rehabilitation Specialists
Our rehabilitation staff continue to improve their knowledge and skills. In addition, senior staff support younger therapists through daily guidance, case review, and clinical education.
This approach helps our team provide safer care. It also helps each therapist grow with confidence.
Multidisciplinary Team Rehabilitation
A rehabilitation physician leads the team. Nurses, dietitians, social workers, and therapists also take part. Together, they review each patient’s condition and support the best possible recovery.
Family Caregiving Instruction and Pre-Discharge Support
Before discharge, we help families prepare for care at home. For example, we provide caregiving instruction, home visit guidance, and community outing practice. Therefore, patients and families can return home with greater confidence.
Community Collaboration
Our staff join community care conferences and local meetings. Also, we work with community physicians, nurses, care managers, and welfare professionals. This cooperation connects hospital care with life after discharge.
Physical Therapy in Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
Physical therapy helps restore basic movement. These movements include rolling over, sitting up, standing, walking, and transferring. As a result, patients can improve safety and independence.
- Optimal Therapeutic Exercise
Therapists assess each patient carefully. Then, they provide range of motion exercise, muscle training, balance training, and gait training. - Movement Training and Instruction
We select assistive devices and lower limb orthoses when needed. Also, we teach safe movement for each living environment. - Physical Modalities
Thermotherapy, ultrasound therapy, and functional electrical stimulation may be used. These treatments can help reduce pain and improve function.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy supports daily life. It also helps patients rebuild their roles at home, work, and in society. For example, therapy may focus on dressing, bathing, housework, hobbies, and upper limb function.
Mind and body are both important. Therefore, our occupational therapists support each patient as a whole person.
Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy
Speech-language-hearing therapy supports communication and swallowing. We assess and train patients with aphasia, dysarthria, higher brain dysfunction, and dysphagia.
In addition, our therapists work with physicians, nurses, and dietitians. Specialized evaluations, such as videofluoroscopic swallowing studies, may also be used.
Through this care, patients can improve safety, nutrition, communication, and quality of daily life.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation supports patients after myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiac surgery, and other heart conditions. Safety is our first priority. Therefore, we monitor heart rate, blood pressure, symptoms, and exercise tolerance.
Exercise therapy helps patients rebuild strength and fitness. It also supports recurrence prevention and better daily life. In addition, we help patients create safe exercise habits that can continue at home.
Home-Visit Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
Home-visit rehabilitation helps patients continue therapy after discharge. It supports safe life in a familiar home and community. Also, it helps prevent functional decline.
Services may include exercise guidance, movement training, and advice on home environment changes. As a result, hospital-based recovery can connect more smoothly to daily life at home.
Service Area
Kita Ward and Miyakojima Ward, Osaka City
How to Get Started
Please first consult your assigned care manager.
Your Care Manager ☞ Service Agreement for Home-Visit Rehabilitation ☞ Home-Visit Rehabilitation Begins
Contact for Home-Visit Rehabilitation
- 080-8924-1911
- 080-8924-1912
For Prospective Employees | Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
Not Just Healing—Supporting the Patient’s Entire Life
The Kano General Hospital Rehabilitation Department offers broad clinical experience. Staff can learn acute care, recovery-phase care, and home-based care in one connected setting.
Illness or injury can take away ordinary life. For example, patients may struggle to walk, eat, speak, return to work, or live at home.
Our focus is not only function. Instead, we look at the life that comes after recovery.
Staff learn full-body management, risk assessment, functional recovery, discharge support, and community-based care. As a result, they can understand rehabilitation as a continuous process.
Features of Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
Continuous Clinical Experience from Acute Care to Home-Based Care
At our hospital, therapists do not see care as separate phases only. Instead, they view each patient’s progress from a long-term perspective.
- Full-body management and risk assessment in the acute phase
- Functional improvement and movement training in the recovery phase
- Home environment support for life after discharge
This process helps therapists understand why each intervention matters. It also helps them connect daily treatment to real life after discharge.
Expanding Clinical Skills Through Diverse Cases
Therapists can work with many conditions. These include cerebrovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, respiratory disease, heart disease, and disuse syndrome.
Recently, cardiac rehabilitation has expanded our clinical field. Therefore, staff can also learn safety management and exercise therapy for cardiovascular disease.
This is a rich learning environment for therapists who want to see the whole body and support daily life.
Educational System
Education That Never Leaves You Alone
We have an educational system for each stage of growth. New graduates, mid-career staff, and senior staff can all keep learning.
For New Staff
- One-on-one mentoring by experienced staff
- Step-by-step clinical participation through observation and practice
- Regular case presentations to improve knowledge and reasoning
New staff should not face patients while still feeling unsure. This is one of our important values.
For Mid-Career Staff and Beyond
- Experience as a mentor for junior staff
- Teaching and communication practice through study groups
- Deeper knowledge and skills in each specialty
Teaching others also deepens your own clinical practice. As a result, learning continues across the whole department.
Academic Conferences and Certification Support
Daily clinical work should not remain only as experience. Therefore, we support staff who want to reflect, present, and share their knowledge with the wider rehabilitation community.
Major Academic Conferences Attended
- Japanese Society of Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy
- Japanese Society of Stroke Physical Therapy
- Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists
- Japanese Association of Speech-Language-Hearing Therapists, and more
Examples of Certifications Obtained
- Certified Physical Therapist in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Certified Physical Therapist in Cerebrovascular Rehabilitation
- Respiratory Therapist Certified by Three Academic Societies
- Recovery-Phase Therapist Manager, and others
In Closing: Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital
- I want to gain broad clinical experience
- I want to build reliable clinical skills
- I want to support each patient’s life through rehabilitation
If these are your goals, we hope to grow together with you through Rehabilitation Services at Our Hospital.
