Program areas at Casa Colina
During the fiscal year, Casa Colina, Inc. Provided support services to all of its affiliates. Services and support consisted of accounting, payroll, human resources, management information systems, contracting, public relations, and billing and collections services to these seven (7) affiliates. In support to the affiliates, Casa Colina, Inc. Incurred $8,153,804 in expenses. The expenses are charged to theaffiliates based on a formula and utilization of services. As a result of these necessary support services, the affiliates were able to provide medical, residential and therapeutic services to the patients served. The results were the following:hospital acute rehabilitiation = 22,043 inpatient dayshospital medical/surgical and icu = 3,973 inpatient dayshospital outpatient = 135,762 visits outpatient services to children with various diagnoses = 11,420 visits residential inpatient services to short term/long term care = 50,082 inpatient days other outpatient rehabilitation services for patients with brain injuries = 3,974 visitscasa Colina, Inc. and its affiliates had 245 beds during the fiscal year consisting of: 68 hospital acute rehabilitation beds; 31 medical-surgical and icu beds; 46 transitional living care beds; 92 long-term residential beds; and 8 long-term semi-independent beds. The services which Casa Colina, Inc. Supported consisted of:medical-surgical and icu services, consisting of 25 private medical-surgical beds and six intensive care unit beds. Beginning in april 2016, Casa Colina began surgical procedures including orthopedic, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, podiatry, general surgery, and others.brain injury services provide a continuum of care for individuals with brain or severe head injuries. The continuum includes: (a) acute rehabilitation for individuals who respond more consistently to stimulation or engage in some form of communication, (b) residential or day program transitional living for patients who have finished acute therapy but still need assistance in learning the skills necessary to re-enter living with family or another community setting or returningwork, (c) outpatient therapy that focuses on restoring physical, communicative, psychosocial or neuropsychological skills, and (e) residential programs for those who will continue to need a supervised living situation.burn or wound care rehabilitation services provides rehabilitation for individuals who have experienced severe burns. Services vary, and multidisciplinary clinics and services such as amputee, internal medicine, foot and gait, and women's health are coordinated.children's services provides outpatient rehabilitation services for children age three months to 16 years including specialized programs for infant development, autism and pediatric orthopedics at the children's services center. The after school activities program provides socialization, enrichment and opportunities for success for children with disabilities attending regular schools. A high degree ofcooperation is maintained with local school systems. Specialized services are provided for specific diagnosis, such as brain injury, osteogenesis imperfecta, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and spinal cord injury, as well as therapies for general rehabilitation.general rehabilitation provides care and therapeutic intervention to patients who need to strengthen their abilities to perform routine and work functions. Therapies focus on improving endurance, work capacity, mobility and balance. Individual rehabilitation programs also assist people with disabilities resulting from multiple sclerosis, post polio syndrome, cancer and cerebral palsy, orthopedic and neurological disorders.hand therapy offers the services of certified hand therapists with highly specialized expertise to work with patients to restore hand function and utility.