Therapy Team
We at Rita Henn & Partners are committed to enabling our patients to realise and achieve their full potential through a comprehensive and integrated physical rehabilitation service.
The fundamental principles that define us both as a company and as individuals are centered around integrity, honesty, transparency, personal excellence, ongoing self-enhancement, and mutual respect.
Our dedication extends unwaveringly to our patients and partners, underscored by an abiding passion for the field of Physical Rehabilitation.
Physical Rehabilitation Therapists
Rita Henn and Partners Inc. (RHP Rehab) is a group therapy practice offering multidisciplinary physical rehabilitation. Our team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech Therapists.
We tailor-make intensive rehabilitation programmes, giving each individual the opportunity to achieve maximum independence following a traumatic event in their lives. We embrace the philosophy of outcome-based rehabilitation.
RHP Rehab provides a holistic rehabilitation service, where individual treatment sessions are complemented by group therapies, community outings and visits to our patients’ homes where possible, as part of our comprehensive planning and treatment programmes. Once the inpatient rehabilitation programme is complete, we also offer comprehensive outpatient services with the aim of fully re-integrating our patients into their communities, work, school and family lives.
Occupational Therapists
Occupational therapy’s primary aim is to improve independence and participation in all aspects of a person’s life (selfcare, leisure, work, play, social).
Physiotherapists
Physiotherapy offers a multifaceted approach to restoring strength, balance, mobility and functional independence for individuals recovering from injury or illness.
Speech & Language Therapists
Speech-language therapists or SLPs, work with people who have problems with communication, speaking, thinking and swallowing.
The MDT/IDT plays a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive care that addresses the diverse needs of our patient population. Comprising doctors, social workers, psychologists, dieticians, nurses, case managers and funders amongst others the MDT brings together a wealth of expertise and perspectives which assist in providing our patients with the best possible, quality holistic care and the most cost-effective out-comes.
Psychologists
Psychology with a special interest in physical rehabilitation
The psychology team takes care of our patients emotional needs. They offer psychological services in conjunction with the physical rehabilitation process. We believe that emotional recovery and wellbeing plays an important part in the road to holistic recovery. The psychologists offer emotional support to patients, including trauma debriefing, psychotherapy, adjustment support, group support sessions, sexual rehabilitation, and preparation for life after discharge from physical rehabilitation.
Medical
Practitioners
Doctors with a special interest in physical rehabilitation
The doctors in the therapy team take responsibility for the patients’ medical care and treatment. They give special attention to bladder and bowel fall outs, wounds and spasticity.
A medical management plan could include botulin injections, an intra thecal pump, medication or to be referred for outpatient therapy, a home programme or splinting by the therapy team.
Social Workers
Social workers with a special interest in physical rehabilitation
The social workers plays an important role in the patient’s process of re-entering the broader community after a life changing experience. They offer individual counselling, group work sessions and assists the patient’s family to come to terms with the condition. The social workers ensure that the patient is discharged to a safe and supportive environment.
Prosthetist Orthotist
Dieticians
Nurses
Neuro – psychologist
