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Rehabilitation Center

Our 8-bed Rehabilitation Center is designed to assist clients who have experienced significant life
changes due to undergoing an illness, injury, or surgical procedure. In short, it is a step by step
process toward recovery. Common conditions that are treated at our Rehabilitation Center are
amputation, spinal cord injury, stroke (CVA) and traumatic brain injury.

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While the primary goal of rehabilitation is to restore independence, it also addresses physical
limitations and adjustments expected to impact the individuals’ life in the future.

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Our team consist of:

• Rehabilitation Nursing staff

• Physical Therapy

• Occupational Therapy

• Speech and Language Therapy

• Dietician

• Social Worker

• Psychologist

• Diabetes Nurse

• Activity Coordinator / recreational therapist

• Orthopedic Instrument Maker, visits from Curacao every month

• Rehabilitation Physician, visits from the Rehabilitation Center Curacao every 2 months

• Neuropsychologist, visits from Curacao every month

Admission criteria

• A referral letter of the family physician or medical specialist requesting admission in the rehabilitation center

• Valid medical insurance

• Test results of cultures taken (if client will transfer from a local or overseas hospital, or was admitted in the last six months in a local or overseas hospital)

• Transfer report of previous treating (paramedical) professionals, such as physical therapist (if applicable)

These documents can be emailed or delivered to our Social Worker, Minerva Maccow via email: socialworker@whiteyellowcross.org 

Follow Up

Once the documents are received, the coordinator of the paramedical department together with our social worker will visit the potential client, to determine if he / she is a suitable candidate for rehabilitation. A report is made of this visit which is send to the rehabilitation doctor in Curacao. After review and if rehabilitation is approved by this specialist, the approval for the admission is send to the coordinator of the paramedical department. When a bed is available, the client is contacted to plan the admission date.