Inpatient form

For questions regarding inpatient registration and stays, please contact:

Patient Administration
Tel.: +41 71 978 60 52
E-Mail: bettenmanagement@rehaklinik-dussnang.ch

In case of referral, a referral form signed by the referring clinician is required.

You can use your own form or the template provided by the Rehaklinik Dussnang. We ask you to indicate what treatment or rehabilitation you need.

Please download the PDF and fill it out. Then send it to us by e-mail to: bettenmanagement@rehaklinik-dussnang.ch

Admission criteria

Please see the PDF file for more information: Admission Criteria for Geriatric Rehabilitation

Admission criteria for geriatric rehabilitation in the Rehaklinik Dussnang.
Valid as of July 2022

Admission criteria apply to:

  • Patients after surgical treatment
  • Patients after conservative treatment
  • Conditions following an accident or acute illness or chronic progressive multimorbidity with potentially reversible deterioration of functional abilities or threatened loss of independence in basic and/or instrumental activities of daily living.

The following entry criteria must be met:

  1. Age >75 years (usually).
  2. Multimorbidity: simultaneous presence of at least three chronic or acute health problems
  3. Geriatric syndromes: simultaneous presence of at least three syndromes/symptoms such as:
  • Mobility disorder/immobility
  • Risk of falling/increased risk of falling
  • Cognitive impairment, especially resolving delirium
  • Incontinence of stool and/or urine
  • Depression or anxiety disorder
  • Impaired function of sensory organs (visual or hearing impairment)
  • Pressure ulcers
  • Polypharmacy and/or nonadherence
  • Chronic pain
  • Malnutrition and/or sarcopenia
  • Social isolation
  • Frailty/reduced resilience

 

Exclusion criteria:

Patients with the following conditions cannot be admitted:

× Medically unstable situations requiring acute hospitalization, e.g., unstable vital signs.
× Diagnostics not completed or imminent interventions/surgeries
× Acute, especially hyperactive delirium (requiring acute geriatric or geriatric psychiatric treatment) including patients with severe confusion and disorientation as well as uncooperative behaviour and a tendency to wander off.
➝In contrast, resolving delirium is not an exclusion criterion for geriatric (as opposed to organ-specific) rehabilitation.
× Patients with a lack of physical resilience due to severe impairment of cardiovascular/respiratory organs.
× Patients with last stage tumor disease
× Patients with a pre-existing severe need for care and with no improvement in symptoms.

Geriatric rehabilitation services we offer:

  • Postoperative rehabilitation (area of gerontotraumatology, visceral surgery & vascular surgery).
  • Rehabilitation after internal diseases
  • Strength training for safe self-care and increased mobility
  • Fall prevention – balance and gait training
  • Building resilience for safe transfers
  • Pain management
  • Improvement of nutritional status after hospitalization or during illness
  • Increasing activity and participation levels and restoring body functions and structures
  • Helping patients achieve the highest possible level of independence in their living environment
  • Reduktion von Pflege- und Betreuungsaufwand
  • Improving patient outcomes and reducing care costs
  • Cognitive training

Admission procedure:

  • Fast
  • Straightforward

Admission form: Clinic referral form for geriatric rehabilitation

Please see the PDF file for more information: Admission Criteria for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 

Admission criteria for musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Valid as of July 2022

Admission criteria apply to:

  • Patients after surgical treatment
  • Patients after conservative treatment

Entry criteria (at least 4 to be met):

  • Necessary therapy intensity cannot be achieved on an outpatient basis
  • High risk of falling
  • Recurrent pain
  • Delayed mobility
  • Patient’s self-care in their home environment is impossible

Musculoskeletal rehabilitation services we offer:

  • Postoperative rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation after conservative treatment
  • Prevention of falls – improvement of balance and gait
  • Targeted muscle development
  • Building resilience for safe transfers
  • Pain management and enhancing functional recovery
  • Building skills that patients need to achieve the highest possible level of independence in activities of daily living
  • Improvement of nutritional status after hospitalization or during an illness
  • Recovery of everyday functions following an illness or accident

Admission procedure:

  • Fast
  • Straightforward

Admission form: Clinic referral form for musculoskeletal rehabilitation