Often the symptoms of cancer, as well as the side effects of its treatment, have a devastating impact on an individual's strength, endurance, and functional daily living activities. During the course of frequent treatments such as chemotherapy it is inadvisable to participate in an intense rehabilitation program. However, for many who have completed a course of treatment and find themselves in a very weak and deconditioned state, an admission to a physical rehabilitation program can help return them to a more active lifestyle.

The professionals at BAPTIST HEALTH Rehabilitation Institute have the skills, equipment, and facilities to simulate the types of mobility situations that will challenge the patients' in their homes and communities. With fully equipped kitchens, bedrooms, living room arrangements, bathrooms with movable toilets, tubs and showers, stairs, outdoor walking areas, and vehicles, we can create situations specific to each patient's home and community setting which results in efficient training and better carry-over after discharge.

At BHRI, the services available for cancer patients include:

•  Pain Management
  
•  Physical Therapy to address general strengthening and endurance, balance, mobility training (e.g. getting in and out of a car, in and out of bed, etc.), walking training, and fall prevention.
  
•  Occupational Therapy to address daily living activities such cooking, dressing, home making, etc. as well as energy conservation techniques.
  
•  Psychosocial adjustment counseling.
  
•  Assessment of home equipment needs.
  
•  Patient and family education from Rehabilitation Nurses and Therapists.
  
•  Development of home exercise and activity programs.
  
•  Dietary Counseling.
  
•  Respiratory Therapy.
  
•  Therapeutic Recreation activities.
  
•  Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation at BAPTIST HEALTH Medical Center-Little Rock.
  
•  Resources for home and vehicle modifications.