To be admitted for inpatient rehabilitation, the patient must: 
 

• Have a rehabilitation diagnosis, treatable through a rehabilitation program. (Outlined in physiatrist consult)
• Be medically stable to participate in therapy
• Have a demonstrated need for 24-hour a day rehabilitation nursing needs
• Demonstrate a potential to improve in a timely manner (generally weekly significant gains)
• Be motivated, cooperative and willing to actively participate in the rehabilitation treatment plan
• Have an appropriate plan for discharge once rehabilitation goals have been met
• Be able to tolerate three hours of intensive therapy services five to six days a week
• Might be admitted for a short, intense multidisciplinary evaluation.
   

 To be excluded from inpatient rehabilitation, the patient must: 
 

• Be in a comatose state
• Have severe and chronic confusion or disorientation
• Have severe cardiac limitations
• Suffer from acute illness
• Suffer from severe mental illness
• Have conditions requiring care that the program cannot provide because a specific service is required or because of staff limitations
• Have Extensive decubitus or other extensive skin ulcers that would limit the patient's participation in a rehabilitation program
  

To be dischraged from inpatient rehabilitation, the patient must: 
 

• Have achieved his/her stated rehabilitation goals, and additional functional improvement is not anticipated
• No longer require an intensive, interdisciplinary treatment program and can achieve further progress toward established rehabilitation goals in a less intensive setting
• Have had no change in functional status as documented through two consecutive team meetings
• Have medical complications that preclude an intensive rehabilitation efforts
• Not exhibit the functional improvement that can be achieved within a reasonable amount of time during a trial evaluation period
• Refuse to participate in an intensive inpatient rehabilitation program