• Medical Rehabilitation

  With the rapid changes and advances in rehabilitation, CARF's medical rehabilitation standards reflect leadership in the field internationally.

  CARF accredits medical rehabilitation programs in a variety of settings and specialty areas, including:

  • Amputation Specialty Program
  • Brain Injury Specialty Program
  • Cancer Rehabilitation Specialty Program
  • Case Management
  • Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
  • Home and Community Services
  • Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation
  • Occupational Rehabilitation Program
  • Outpatient Medical Rehabilitation Program
  • Residential Rehabilitation Program
  • Spinal Cord System of Care
  • Stroke Specialty Program
  • Vocational Services
  • Pediatric Specialty Program
  • Independent Evaluation Services

  CARF accredits many other programs within each of the general categories listed above. Please refer to the  program descriptions or further details.

  CARF International congratulates the hospitals with CARF-accredited medical rehabilitation programs that were recognized among the nation's 12 best hospitals for rehabilitation in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals 2016-17.” 

  The European Spinal Cord Injury Federation calls accreditation “useful as a quality strategy” in the federation's Statement on the quality of spinal cord injury rehabilitation and management.   

  For more information on CARF medical rehabilitation accreditation, please email med@carf.org or call toll free (888) 281-6531.

• CARF International rehabilitation director honored by ACRM

  Chris MacDonell, CARF International’s managing director of medical rehabilitation and international aging services/medical rehabilitation, was presented with a 2014 Distinguished Member Award and named a 2014 Fellow of ACRM at the ACRM 91st Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario. Read the news release.

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• 2017 MED 101 notice:

  Beginning in 2017, CARF’s Medical Rehabilitation unit will offer 101 trainings exclusively as web-based recorded training modules rather than conducting physical-location trainings. More information can be found in this article.

  For questions, or to ensure you receive notice when the recordings are available, contact the Education and Training unit toll free at (888) 281-6531 or email education@carf.org.

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• Medical rehabilitation resources

  • Improving SCI outcomes with enhanced person-centered care - blog post
    Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is beginning to share the results from a three-year research project on the outcomes of an enhanced person-centered care initiative (including spinal cord injury peer mentorship) and how those strategies can be affordably replicated elsewhere.
  • Focus on Abilities video
    This YouTube program, created in part by one of CARF’s longest accredited programs (TIRR Memorial Herman), features former CARF board members Lex Frieden and Dr. Jim McDeavitt.
  • Client-centered practice in spinal cord injury rehabilitation: A field guide (PDF) 
    Monograph intended for rehabilitation health professionals, educators, and supervisors who work in a rehabilitation setting with adults with spinal cord injury.
  • Medical rehabilitation standards manual resources (PDF) 
    Resource links referenced in the standards manual.

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