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Physical therapy
Walking, strength, balance, stairs and curbs.
Medicare Part A
Chapter 01 — North of the medical center, Altus, OK
Rehab & recovery · North of the medical center, Altus, OK
Eighteen days from the hospital bed to your own front porch.
North Fork is a short-stay rehabilitation center in Altus with 52 private suites, therapy six days a week, nurses around the clock and one goal for every patient: going home.
Day one
You arrive tired. We arrive with a plan.
Most patients come to us three or four days after a hip or knee replacement, a stroke, a fall or a long hospital stay. You're sore, you haven't slept, and you're wondering if you'll ever get back to your own kitchen. Within a few hours you'll meet your nurse, your therapists and your case manager, and before the end of the second day you'll have a written plan with a target date for going home.
We've been doing this in Altus since 1998, for farmers and ranchers, teachers and retired Air Force families from all over southwest Oklahoma. The building has changed a lot since then. The plan hasn't: get strong, get safe, get home.
— Victor Salinas, administrator
Day one, you can barely sit up. Day eighteen, you walk out the front door. Everything between is work, and we do it with you.
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Stroke recovery program
Medicare Part A
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Discharge plan in the first 48 hours
Your case manager writes a target date and works backward from it.
Included- 18average days to home
- 52private rehab suites
- 6days of therapy a week
- 1998serving southwest Oklahoma
Photo tour
The days in between
Rooms & suites
Where you'll recover
A private suite for rest, and the rooms where the real work happens.
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Private rehab suite
A hospital-grade bed, a recliner for visitors, a private bath with a roll-in shower and a window.
- Private bath
- Roll-in shower
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Deluxe suite
A larger suite with a sitting area, for longer stays and family who stay late.
- Sitting area
- Garden view
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The therapy gym
Parallel bars, a practice staircase, treatment tables and the truck-cab trainer.
- Practice stairs
- Truck-cab trainer
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The practice apartment
A full kitchen, laundry and bathroom to rehearse going home.
- Kitchen
- Laundry
- Tub bench
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The outdoor gait course
Gravel, grass, curbs and a ramp, so the first walk at home isn't the first walk on gravel.
- Gravel path
- Curbs
- Ramp
Our team
The people on your plan
Victor Salinas
Administrator
Dr. Ellen Harper, MD
Medical director
Crystal Banks, RN
Director of nursing
Ben Kowalski, DPT
Therapy director
Sample family reviews
In their own words
I farm cotton north of town. The therapists had me climbing into a truck cab before I went home. That's what I needed to know I could do.
My husband couldn't say my name after his stroke. Aaron worked with him every day. On day sixteen he said it.
Teresa handled TRICARE and Medicare without me having to make a single call.
They gave Mom a date on day two. She went home on that date.
Marisol came to Dad's house and found three things that would have put him back in the hospital. We fixed them before he got home.
The gravel path sounds like nothing. It's not nothing when you live on a gravel road.
I came here after my knee replacement and again for my other knee a year later. Same therapist, same results.
The nurses caught an infection early and started IV antibiotics right here. Mom never went back to the hospital.
Recovering forty minutes from home instead of two hours made all the difference for my family.
I'm a stubborn old man. They were more stubborn. I'm walking.
Admissions
From hospital to here, in one call
Our admissions team works seven days a week with your hospital case manager.
- Insurance, TRICARE and prior approval handled before you arrive
- Transportation from the hospital arranged
- Your suite ready, with diet and medications ordered
- A welcome call to your family on the first evening
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Regional Medical Center · Preferred Post-Acute Partner
- Orthopedic Associates · Joint Replacement Partner
- Readers' Choice · Best Rehabilitation Center
- Military Retiree Association · Community Partner
- Stroke Support Network · Partner Site
- County Chamber · Healthcare Employer of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Health Network · Low-Readmission Recognition
Now hiring
Good people make North Fork Rehabilitation & Nursing. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find us on Park Lane
- 2104 N Park Lane
Altus, OK
Free parking at the main entrance on Park Lane. Ambulances and wheelchair vans use the covered bay on the west side. - (580) 555-0186
- Text us
- admissions@northforkrehab.example
- NorthForkRehabAltus
Tour & office hours
- Admissions, 7 days7a – 9p
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Tell the hospital you want North Fork.
You have the right to choose where you recover. Tell your hospital case manager, or call our admissions team any day of the week.