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Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU)
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The MACU provides extended medical and rehabilitative care for patients with complex medical conditions or multiple acute or chronic illnesses. Watch our videos.
Services:
- Medical management
- Nursing care
- Palliative care
- Physical, occupational and speech/language therapy
- Ventilator support and weaning
- Respiratory therapy
- Wound management
- Hemodialysis
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IV therapy
Patient/family education
Interpreter services
Case management
Discharge planning
Social services
Religious services
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Specialty Programs:
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation - for common conditions, including multiple fractures, joint replacements, hip fracture with complications, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and degenerative joint disease.
Neurological Rehabilitation - treating multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Stroke/Cerebrovascular Rehabilitation - treating stroke/cerebrovascular accident, post-aneurysm repair, and arterio-venous malformation repair.
Complex Pulmonary Disease and Ventilator Program - for common respiratory illnesses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, asthma, interstitial lung disease, and sleep apnea.
Admission / Referral
To refer patients to the MACU or call 877-822-4722.
Our clinical liaison will conduct an onsite clinical evaluation of every patient referred to the MACU. If the referral is appropriate for admission, the liaison will work with the HRC admission office to coordinate the admission to the unit.
The Clinical Director position for the MACU is funded in perpetuity as a legacy of the Jewish Memorial Hospital (JMH) Fund, carrying forward JMH’s charitable mission and values to treat and care for persons suffering from chronic diseases, regardless of race, color and creed.
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