Industrial Rehabilitation
Delaware Curative Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Centers offers an array of cost-effective services designed to assist employers in reducing overall disability costs. Our services are tailored to each employer’s needs and our goal is to assist employers in maximizing employee efficiency and to help to lower insurance, medical and legal costs. We work personally with the employer, employee and their healthcare team, to facilitate the employee’s safe return to work. We help lower health care premiums, reduce absenteeism, provide outstanding effective care for injured employees and work closely with employers to assist in the efficient return to work of their productive employees. We realize that cost control is paramount to the success of any business. Preventing injuries keeps employees healthy and at work while reducing workers compensation costs at their origin. We return employees to work, as quickly as is appropriate after an illness or injury.
Our industrial rehabilitation and ergonomic consulting services include:
Job Site Analysis
Specific suggestions for preventive measures to avoid injuries plus accommodations or modifications for injured workers.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
A statistically valid assessment of demonstrated capabilities for lifting, bending, squatting, reaching, kneeling, and may include the following motions or testing: grip/pinch, sit, stand, walk, climb, assessment of cognitive/perceptual capabilities, balance, and work behaviors as appropriate. Some tests are correlated with cardiac performance and perceived level of exertion. This evaluation provides information on the whole body as well as specific target areas or job duties of concern.
Special Purpose Assessment
This assessment measures an individual’s functional capability to perform a variety of weighted and non-weighted activities in a review situation.
Job Placement Assessment
Provides objective data on an employee’s physical capabilities and helps to identify the need for additional education and/or intervention. This preventive assessment tool is ideal for post-hire, non-injured individuals.
Functional Job Description Development
Identification of critical job demands and the skills and capabilities needed by the worker to provide trained objective data for job description design.
Individual Ergonomic Assessment
A one-on-one assessment of the design of the client’s workstations and the associated job responsibilities including suggested accommodations and modifications for injured workers.
Educational Sessions
Group training on safe work habits, preventive techniques to avoid injury, improved ergonomic design and implementation of practical workstation improvements.
Custom Services
Assessing and obtaining needed equipment, contributing to employee manuals for American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, key stakeholder reports, new hire training and on-going training for consistent attention to safety.
When to request an FCE:
- Client who is nearing the end of a rehabilitation program.
- There is a question as to whether or not the individual can return to a previous job.
- Someone is returning to work, but needs to know what restrictions may be necessary.
- To determine the need for further treatment programs.
Details:
- APPOINTMENTS: The testing usually takes 3-4 hours.
- CLOTHING: Participating individuals should wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing and comfortable shoes, and bring a pair of shorts to wear during the assessment.
- CONTACT: For more information about Industrial Rehabilitation Services
call (302) 529 - 7750
