CHELSEA – Chelsea Hospital announced the opening of its expanded Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, an $11 million investment that promises to elevate rehabilitative care for patients recovering from trauma, stroke, brain injuries, neurological diseases, spinal cord injuries, cancer, amputation, cardiac/pulmonary diseases, and organ transplants.
The expanded unit, which began admitting patients on September 20, was first announced in October 2023. The unit is staffed by award-winning Trinity Health support personnel and nationally recognized providers from University of Michigan Health, Chelsea Hospital’s two joint venture partners. The expanded unit comes following U-M Health’s decision to consolidate its adult acute rehabilitation services into a single, dedicated location within Chelsea Hospital.
The Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Program at Chelsea Hospital grew significantly in 2020 when Trinity Health collaborated with U-M Health to increase the unit from 6 to 24 beds. Following this expansion, the unit increased its bed count to 40.
The program will continue to serve a patient demographic similar to those currently receiving care at Chelsea Hospital, including individuals with stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, and orthopedic or trauma issues. Additionally, the spinal cord injury and cancer programs have transitioned from U-M Health to Chelsea Hospital, bringing all inpatient services, resources and contributions from U-M Health’s top academic and research programs under one roof.
Chelsea Hospital is a not-for-profit joint venture hospital, whose partners are Trinity Health Michigan, a Catholic health care system, and Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1970, SJMC is nationally recognized for both quality of care and patient satisfaction by national ranking organization Press Ganey, and is accredited by the Joint Commission. Chelsea Hospital employs more than 1,200 individuals with a medical staff of approximately 800 physicians. Key services include robust medical and surgical service lines, eight operating rooms, a 24-hour emergency department and senior emergency room, a state-of-the-art cancer center and a physical medicine and rehabilitation department. For additional information about Chelsea Hospital, please visit www.trinityhealthmichigan.org.
