The program includes:
- Patient care
- Psychotherapy
- Health activities
- Social-labor component of rehabilitation
- Ergotherapy
- Speech therapy
- Consultation on social rehabilitation
- Splint therapy
- Pharmacotherapy
- Fitness
- Pool lessons in a group and individually
- Physiotherapy
- Lymphatic drainage
- Therapeutic exercises
- Diet nutrition and learning patients about eutrophy
- Aid and rehabilitation of patients with fixed stoma (UB and colostomy)
- Lymphatic drainage
- Orthopedic rehabilitation component
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About the department
The Department of Cancer Rehabilitation at the MEDIAN Rehabilitation Clinic Bad Berka provides professional rehabilitation for patients who have undergone the treatment of malignancies of various localization. Cancer treatment is a complex clinical task and it greatly affects both patients' physical and emotional state. To fully recover from cancer and have a decent quality of life, the patient requires high-quality rehabilitation. The key task of the rehabilitation specialists is to alleviate symptoms (for example, after chemotherapy), eliminate pain, restore inner harmony and develop a positive attitude towards life in patients who had cancer. The department has modern diagnostic rooms with all the necessary equipment for the assessment of the patient's health status and elaboration of an optimal rehabilitation program, taking into account his particular clinical indications. Such an approach allows achieving the best results, since each clinical case is unique and requires a certain set of rehabilitation measures. A great deal of attention is paid to psychological care aimed at overcoming emotional distress and depressive states, as well as at the motivation of the patient for a favorable treatment outcome. The department is headed by Dr. med. Thomas Stauch.
When elaborating an individual rehabilitation program for the patient who had cancer, the department's doctors always take into account the type of tumor, its stage, location, morphological characteristics, previous types of therapy, gender, age and general health of the patient, including his psycho-emotional state. The primary goal of the department's rehabilitation specialists is the restoration of the physical health and vitality of the human body, as well as the elimination of stress and depressive conditions caused by oncopathology. When appointing a course of rehabilitation treatment for young patients, the department's specialists also strive to restore the work capacity in such patients. Most rehabilitation programs are based on therapeutic exercises, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychotherapy. These rehabilitation methods are recognized as the most effective in restoring the health of patients who had cancer. The duration of rehabilitation, its components and the predicted result are determined primarily according to the medical history and the patient's state of health at the time of discharge from the hospital. In some cases, the department's specialists carry out the rehabilitation procedures not upon the completion of the main course of cancer treatment, but in the intervals between the courses of radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
The department specializes in the rehabilitation of patients after the following types of cancer:
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Cancer of the male genitalia
- Cancer of the female genitalia
- Breast cancer
- Skin cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Cancer of the blood and lymphatic system
- Head and neck malignancies
- Soft and bone tissue malignancies
- Other types of cancer
The department offers the following types of diagnostics and rehabilitation:
- Diagnostic options
- Ultrasound scanning, including abdominal, thyroid, breast, transvaginal ultrasound
- Echocardiography
- Duplex sonography
- Endoscopic examinations, including urethrocystoscopy, colposcopy, rectoscopy, gastroscopy
- Urological diagnostics, including lower urinary tract endoscopy, uroflowmetry, determination of residual urine volume
- Gynecological diagnostics, including colposcopy
- Clinical laboratory tests, including tumor marker tests
- X-ray imaging
- Diagnostics of the heart and respiratory system
- Therapeutic options
- Basic therapy of internal diseases
- Standard cancer therapy, including chemotherapy, antibody therapy, hormone therapy, maintenance therapy to improve the patient's health
- Pain therapy
- Special treatments for cancer of the male and female genitalia, head and neck malignancies
- Special training programs for patients (16 unique training programs)
- Health-improving training and counseling on healthy lifestyle
- Specialized physical therapy programs, including gymnastics for patients with breast cancer, pelvic floor training for women and men, water aerobics, respiratory therapy, gymnastics for patients after the treatment of ENT malignancies
- Lymphedema treatment (manual lymphatic drainage massage, compression therapy, functional gymnastics and skin care)
- Sports therapy (for example, monitored ergometer training, Nordic walking, muscle building workouts with individually adjusted intensity levels)
- Individual physiotherapy, including manual therapy, osteopathy, Marnitz massage
- Individual and group psychotherapy
- Relaxation techniques, including Jacobson's progressive relaxation, autogenic training
- Music therapy
- Dance movement therapy
- Speech therapy with differentiated swallowing and speech training
- Diet therapy, including classes in the training kitchen
- Occupational therapy, including art therapy and treatment of polyneuropathy caused by chemotherapy
- Stomal therapy
- Other types of diagnostic tests and rehabilitation treatment
Photo of the doctor: (c) MEDIAN Reha-Zentrum Bad Berka Ilmtal-Klinik
About hospital
For many years, the MEDIAN Rehabilitation Clinic Bad Berka has enjoyed a reputation of the leading German medical center specializing in the rehabilitation of patients with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and oncopathology. The medical team of the clinic provides each patient with an individual rehabilitation program aimed at maximum recovery of health after diseases, reintegration into everyday and professional life. The rehabilitation treatment is provided in stages, under constant medical supervision. The doctors increase the level of physical activity at each stage of the rehabilitation, provide a variety of exercises and monitor the success of the rehabilitation procedures. With appropriate clinical indications, the rehabilitation can be provided either within a day hospital or on an outpatient basis.
The clinic offers all modern therapeutic techniques to restore the patient's health. The treatment is based on drug therapy (for example, for cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, metabolic disorders), therapeutic exercises, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, special therapeutic measures to eliminate the consequences of diabetes mellitus, etc. An integral part of the rehabilitation is psychological care of competent psychologists who motivate the patients for a favorable treatment outcome and help them cope with the emotional distress caused by the disease. The clinic has an excellent infrastructure for high-quality rehabilitation and achievement of a good result.
Special attention should be given to the professionalism of the medical team. The patients receive medical care from the highly qualified doctors (cardiologists, diabetologists, oncologists), exercise therapy specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, nutritionists and other experts. All employees of the clinic work for the benefit of their patients, surround them with care and understand their needs.
The highest quality of medical services of the clinic is awarded with many prestigious certificates, including ISO certificate, TÜV Rheinland certificate, DEGEMED certificate of the German Society for Rehabilitation Medicine and others. Thus, the patients can be sure that their health is in the safe hands of real professionals.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the MEDIAN Rehabilitation Clinic Bad Berka live in comfortable single rooms made in a modern design. Each patient room has an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet. Many patient rooms are specially equipped in order to meet the needs of disabled people. The standard patient room furnishings include an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a telephone and a TV. The patient rooms also have Wi-Fi.
If desired, the patients can live in enhanced-comfort rooms. They are additionally equipped with upholstered furniture, a mini fridge and a safe for storing valuables.
Meals and Menus
The patient and the accompanying person are offered tasty and balanced three meals a day. The patients have a daily choice of three menus for lunch, as well as buffet breakfast and dinner. If for some reason you do not eat all foods, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your food preferences prior to treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
The religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, the accompanying person can live with the patient in a patient room or a hotel of his choice. Our managers will help you choose the most suitable option.
Hotel
During an outpatient program, the patient can stay at the hotel of his choice. Our managers will help you choose the most suitable option.