LOS).Results: The unit structure was modeled after an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Patients received physical and occupational therapy twice daily, for 30-90 minutes, 5-6 days/week. Neuropsychology and speech language pathology (SLP) also treated >50% of the patients. Two therapy gyms were created to promote out of room treatment. Both gyms and group spaces alternated between positive and negative patients throughout the day as needed and went through thorough cleaning in between sessions to ensure all precautions for infection control were taken. Individual and group psychotherapy as well as social groups were implemented to address patients' psychosocial needs. Mean LOS was 16.75 days. 70% of patients were discharged home. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that intensive and interdisciplinary rehabilitation can be implemented within an acute medical setting. COVID-19 patients demonstrated progress through an individualized interdisciplinary approach. This allowed for a high percentage of discharges home and improved overall functional performance. Our unit may inform similar models in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that combine acute medical and acute rehabilitation principles of treatment with structured psychosocial interventions for critically ill patients with limited rehabilitation and discharge options. Author(s) Disclosures: N/A.
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