Cancer Rehab
Every cancer survivor needs care to prevent, manage, and heal the physical and psychosocial conditions that arise post-treatment. With our STAR Program Certification, we can provide that comprehensive oncology care.
We are Committed to Bringing you the Highest Level of Survivorship Services
In recent years, there has been talk about creating survivorship as a distinct phase of cancer care and providing each patient with a survivorship care plan. At Saint Alphonsus, we are committed to offering the best available survivorship services. This is why we have implemented the STAR Program®. This includes training our staff in the latest oncology rehabilitation care and employing research-based protocols that have been proven to help cancer survivors heal and function.
We Offer Comprehensive Care that is Covered by Health Insurance
As Idaho's first STAR Program® Certified healthcare facility, we are uniquely qualified to offer premium oncology rehabilitation services to survivors undergoing treatment or living with its outcome. Our program helps survivors physically and emotionally heal from the effects of treatments. We provide our patients with the most thorough rehabilitation care available and all of our services can be reimbursed by health insurance providers. Having access to world-class follow-up care without added medical costs, allows survivors to regain their health and get their lives back on track.
We are Committed to Helping you Reach Optimal Recovery
A cancer diagnosis can be traumatic, and so can life-saving treatments. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery can harm health and cause serious problems that interfere with daily function and well-being. Survivors often suffer from fatigue, weakness, insomnia, memory loss, fear, anxiety, and depression. Saint Alphonsus STAR Program® offers physical and psychological rehabilitation to survivors so they can recover more quickly and completely than they would otherwise. Feeling well and being able to resume normal day-to-day activities is essential to enjoying a good quality of life for survivors and their families.
Whether You're Newly Diagnosed or Finished with Treatment, We Can Help
We serve all survivors in need, whether they are beginning treatment, finished with treatment, or experiencing late effects or unresolved issues from long-ago treatment. Our program is open to everyone no matter the prognosis, cancer stage, or recovery phase. Newly diagnosed patients may want to increase their strength and endurance and prevent future medical problems. Survivors living with cancer as a chronic disease may come to us for help managing treatment-related conditions. Individuals who are cured or in remission may enroll in our program with the goal of boosting their immune systems so that they can heal.
Our Highly Trained Medical Staff Awaits You
Our rehabilitation care based on conventional medicine, is offered to patients by a knowledgeable and sensitive medical staff, specially trained to treat survivors of all forms of cancer. They are medical experts at the top of their fields and are made up of several disciplines:
- Physicians
- Physical therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Lymphedema therapists
- Speech and swallowing therapists
- Registered Dieticians
- Mental health professionals
When Evaluating Your Needs we Look at the "Big Picture"
Rather than using a "problem-oriented" approach and tackle each health issue as it arises, we address the full range of post-cancer care. When evaluating a patient, we focus on his or her health conditions and symptoms. We also take into consideration diet, sleep issues, existing pain, endurance, strength, exercise habits, and emotional outlook. All these factors have an important effect on physical healing.
We Offer You a Personalized Rehabilitation Plan with an Interdisciplinary Approach
After having a thorough evaluation by a physician, a "team" of specialists is assigned to each patient according to their needs. The healthcare "team" creates a personalized rehabilitation plan. The goals of which are increasing strength and energy, alleviating pain, improving physical functioning, achieving emotional balance, and boosting the immune system. Each team member provides his or her expert guidance, training, encouragement, and support, for the duration of the program.
We are Proud to be STAR Program® Certified
We received our STAR Program® Certification from Massachusetts-based Oncology Rehabilitation Partners (ORP). Their unparalleled development, training, and support products in oncology rehabilitation give healthcare facilities the capacity to offer quality survivorship care to their patients. Saint Alphonsus STAR Program® successfully executed ORP's evaluation and treatment procedures, and our medical staff underwent rigorous rehabilitation training by ORP experts.
Learn more about Saint Alphonsus Rehabilitation Services (STARS).