Rehabilitation News

• Encompass Health (EHC) to Build Rehabilitation Hub in Illinois
  
  Encompass Health (EHC) to construct an inpatient rehabilitation hospital with a capacity of 40 in Shiloh Illinois, which will be run as a joint venture with BJC HealthCare.
  Zacks.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Sinead O'Connor announces she's entering one year of rehab for trauma and addiction
  
  Irish singer and songwriter Sinead O'Connor says she's entering one year of rehab to address addiction and trauma from her past.
  Fox News.  Wednesday, 11 Nov 2020.
• Sea turtle with two amputated flippers learns to swim again
  
  Lou, an olive ridley sea turtle with two amputated flippers, was released back into the ocean after five years of rehabilitation in Australia.
  Fox News.  Friday, 6 Nov 2020.
• Select Medical's (SEM) Q3 Earnings Beat Mark, Improve Y/Y
  
  Select Medical's (SEM) third-quarter 2020 earnings gain traction from better revenues at its Critical Illness Recovery and Rehabilitation Hospital segments.
  Zacks.  Monday, 2 Nov 2020.
• Op-Ed: The immorality of sentencing a 15-year-old to prison forever
  
  The Supreme Court needs to state again that a child cannot be sentenced to life without parole unless a trial court determines that child is beyond rehabilitation.
  Yahoo.  Friday, 30 Oct 2020.
• Elgin Fire Department hoists family outside grandmother's hospital window
  
  A team of firefighters went above and beyond to lift the spirits of a patient at a suburban rehabilitation hospital.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 29 Oct 2020.
• Man is reunited with his wife of over 60 years after the pandemic kept them apart for 215 days
  
  Joseph and Eve Loreth, both 80, live at the Rosecastle at Delaney Creek assisted living facility. Joseph had surgery earlier this year and was in rehab for months.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 20 Oct 2020.
• Why are jail phone calls so expensive?
  
  Advocates say the price of using telephones behind bars could mean cutting off communication with loved ones who serve as support systems and aid with rehabilitation.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 17 Oct 2020.
• Prevent staff monitoring Fishmonger's Hall double murderer Usman Khan 'had no training', court hears
  
  Terrorist Usman Khan, 28, killed Cambridge University graduates Saskia Jones, 23, and Jack Merritt, 25, during a prisoner rehabilitation event near London Bridge on November 29 last year.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 16 Oct 2020.
• After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation
  
  Many patients who were critically ill with Covid-19 face arduous recoveries, often requiring extensive physical rehabilitation.
  New York Times.  Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020.
• Encino Crespi unveils its $10-million aquatics center
  
  A 50-meter Myrtha pool gives Crespi aquatic teams a boost. The Robinson Family Aquatics Center also will be used for athletes' rehabilitation and conditioning.
  Los Angeles Times.  Friday, 9 Oct 2020.
• Jacob Blake shooting: Man shot by Kenosha police released from hospital to Chicago rehab center, lawyer says
  
  Jacob Blake, who was shot and paralyzed by a Kenosha police officer, is now out of the hospital and at a spinal rehabilitation center in Chicago, his attorney said.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020.
• Jacob Blake leaves hospital 6 weeks after police shooting
  
  Blake's attorney said he's been moved to a spinal injury rehabilitation center in Chicago.
  CBS News.  Wednesday, 7 Oct 2020.
• The rehabilitation of Rajon Rondo
  
  In the biggest moments, everyone expects Playoff Rondo. But that's not the road Rajon Rondo took back to the Finals.
  ESPN.  Sunday, 4 Oct 2020.
• Vegan restaurant in grounds of Perth Prison approved
  
  The building at HMP Perth will be converted as part of an offenders' rehabilitation scheme.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 10 Sep 2020.

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