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You can call the rehab’s at most hospitals and ask them which is better equiped for your needs. I know they were honest with me. Good luck.Actually my therapists wrote letters to get me in one that was the best.
Tim

Also if you need to you can always looking into seeing if any of the Medical Care Facilities offer out patient rehab. I know that the one here does because I work there. Look under county facilities. Hope that helps alittle. Best of luck to you and your wife. Dawn C.

Scott:

My wife became ill with GBS while travelling in England this summer, had to be flown back to Atlanta on a stretcher jet, and is presently recovering at our home in Carrollton, Ga.

There are two centers for rehabilitation in the Atlanta: the Shepherd Center (which is near Crawford Long Hospital on Peachtree Street) and the Emory Rehabilitation Clinic. My wife was a patient at the latter facility for six weeks, and we were not terribly pleased with their care. The head of their program is Dr. Dale Strasser, who is also the head of Emory University Dept. of Rehabilitation. He’s a very intelligent caring person who, unfortunately, has not had much experience with GBS. He admitted that in his career he had only had 9-11 patients with the illness, my wife being the most serious. we have tended to find numerous errors in his understanding of the disorder, so that I make a point of sending him information by email on GBS that I have found helpful—often from this website.

Since returning to Carrollton, my wife has been going to Southern Therapy in Carrollton and has made significant improvement. Their facility is much more updated than Emory’s and they have a staff of very competent therapists. They Southern Therapy also has a facility in LaGrange, Ga., but I’m afraid that is as far south as they go.

Warm Springs, as I understand, has had some problems recently with budgeting, and they are more oriented toward stroke care than GBS. However, I have had no personal contact with them.

Sorry, that’s all I know–I hope it is of some help.

Best,

Don Chalfant

Hello,
Since your wife wants to go home and the hospital she’s in now probably wants to transfer her to a rehab hospital, perhaps this one will be okay, TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE REHABILITATION CENTER. Eventually, when she is stronger, you could look for a physical therapy clinic that offer aqua therapy. Pool therapy is very good for us.

Welcome Scott ~ please don’t hesitate to come here with questions, concerns and “just to vent”! So many of us are here today because of our caregivers. It’s a huge job and more so when you are the spouse. I’ve watched my husband all thru these years (12+) and wonder how he’s managed. We didn’t even know that there were “others” or a website until 3 years ago! So please, welcome to “The Family” and please tell Kristi “hi” for us. I really look forward to the day when she comes on the computer to “talk” to us ~ and that day will come!! 😀

Scott have you thought about Shands in Gainesville. They have an excellent rehab in several different areas. I am going to one of rheir Therpy centers for GBS and you are only about 2 hrs from Tally.