Specialty hospital for long-term acute care
Ascension Borgess-Pipp Hospital - Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) specializes in caring for those who need intensive skilled nursing care after being hospitalized for a critical illness or injury. When you choose Ascension Borgess-Pipp for your care, your care team includes doctors, nurses, wound care specialists, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, and more. We deliver care for the whole you – physical health and emotional health. We start by listening to you, to better understand you and your needs. Then, we work with you and your doctor to create a personalized care plan. Our goal is to provide you the extended healing time necessary to gain strength and improve your health before going home or to another care facility.
Long-term care for an illness or injury
Using advanced technology in a home-like setting, our experienced care team provides care for a wide range of conditions, such as:
- Pulmonary conditions: ventilator weaning, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia and respiratory failure.
- Medically complex conditions: cancer, cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, malnutrition, kidney disease, organ failure, sepsis and uncontrolled diabetes.
- Neurological conditions: aneurysm, anoxic brain injury, head injury, neurologic complications, spinal cord injury and stroke.
- Orthopedic and traumatic injury: complex orthopedic injuries.
- Complex wound care: amputation, burns, cellulitis, decubitus ulcer or bone infection.
Advanced care to help you recover
Your multispecialty team works together – with you and for you. By having many specialists as part of your care team, we deliver a wide range of treatment options. And as your needs change, so does our care. Your care plan may include:
- Daily visits with the LTACH doctor
- Nutrition counseling
- Onsite emergency care
- Palliative care
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy
- Mental health care
- Pulmonary care
- Respiratory therapy
Refer a patient to our long-term acute care hospital
Your patients can expect compassionate, personalized care from the moment our specialists connect with them. Our doctors start by listening to fully understand your patient’s needs and to develop an individualized care plan. To make a referral, please call 269-720-5710 or fax 269-226-8172.