Faircape Health INSTITUTE

Amputation Rehabilitation

Amputation rehabilitation is aimed at helping amputees ambulate and operate independently with the use of a prosthetic limb. This type of rehabilitation helps people return to their occupations and to reintegrate back into social life. The nine phases of amputation rehabilitation process are: pre-operative, amputation surgery, acute post-surgical, pre-prosthetic, prosthetic prescription, prosthetic training, community integration, vocational rehabilitation, and follow up.

Types of Care offering Amputation Rehabilitation

Just as each person is unique, so too will their individualised treatment be. Amputation rehabilitation incorporates psychotherapy, pain management, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy where necessary. Those receiving amputation rehabilitation can expect treatment to follow these modalities:

Sub-Acute Care & Rehabilitation

Faircape Health Institute provides specialised sub-acute care and rehabilitation in a hospital environment for patients recovering after surgery, illness, injury, or an intensive care stay. Our interdisciplinary team of medical professionals, therapists, and nursing staff work together to support recovery, restore independence, and improve quality of life through personalised rehabilitation programmes delivered in a safe, therapeutic environment. 

Outpatient Healthcare Services

Outpatient healthcare services are medical care services provided to people after they’ve returned to their home environment. At Faircape Health Institute, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in providing outpatient healthcare services in a world class setting with state-of-the-art equipment on a consultation basis.

Acute Care

Faircape Health Institute provides specialised acute care services for patients requiring active, short-term medical treatment following surgery, serious illness, injury, or complex medical events. Delivered within a professional clinical environment, our expert healthcare teams focus on stabilisation, treatment, and early recovery to support the best possible patient outcomes.

Respite Care

Respite care is temporary care, either planned or emergency, aimed at caregivers. These programmes provide short-term breaks for families and carers to support and maintain the primary caregiving relationship.

Our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Approach

Clinical evidence shows that treatment outcomes are best when treatment is administered by an MDT incorporating a variety of practitioners. At Faircape Health, we bring together healthcare professionals from different fields to collaborate on treatment plans for optimal clinical outcomes. Primary and allied healthcare practitioners combine their specialities to administer the most comprehensive treatment plans available.

Our amputation rehabilitation treatment regimens do not focus exclusively on disease, but rather on optimising wellness and function. Following an initial complex assessment, the treating physiotherapist will develop a custom-tailored treatment plan to improve quality of life, exercise tolerance and overall physical functioning for optimal outcomes.

Medical Doctors
Discharge Planners and Rehabilitation Co-ordinators
Nurses
Occupational Therapists
Physiotherapists
Social Workers

Hospital Facilities for Amputation Rehabilitation

At Faircape Health, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence in providing amputation rehabilitation care in a world-class setting. In order to achieve this we offer specialised equipment and hospital facilities you can learn more about below.

Radiology / X-Rays

At Faircape Health Institute, our x-ray facility allows us to diagnose patients and perform certain medical processes at our sub-acute facility without the need for ambulance transportation.

Rehabilitation Room and Gym

A state-of-the art fully equipped rehabilitation room and gymnasium aids our therapists in offering quality services to accelerate recovery and fully achieve outcomes for all of our patients.

Our Locations Offering Amputation Rehabilitation

At Faircape Health we continue to expand our offerings and locations to provide world-class care to as many South Africans possible. See our various Amputation Rehabilitation facilities located in the Western Cape below:

Faircape Health Institute at Tokai Estate provides restorative care and rehabilitation for those recovering from injury or surgery.

Tokai Estate

Tokai, Cape Town