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Physical therapy
Strength, walking, balance, stairs and uneven ground.
Medicare Part AVol. 03 · Dodge CityThe Winter Issue
Short-term rehabilitation · Dodge City, Kansas
This issue: how you get home.
Sandhill Plum is a 56-suite short-stay rehabilitation center by the medical center, serving southwest Kansas after surgery, a stroke or a hard hospital stay. Therapy six days a week, nurses around the clock and every staff member fluent in getting people home.
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Bilingual therapy team
Therapy, teaching and family training in English or Spanish.
Included
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Discharge date in the first 72 hours
Your case manager sets it, in your language, with your family.
IncludedLetter from the administrator
Recovering close to home shouldn't be rare out here.
Southwest Kansas is big country. When someone from Liberal, Garden City or Ulysses has a hip replaced in Wichita, the next question is where they'll spend the two or three weeks after. For a long time the answer was a rehab center four hours from their family.
We built Sandhill Plum in 2003 so that answer could be Dodge City. Our therapists speak English and Spanish, our nurses come from the towns our patients do, and our gym was built for the life people go home to: farm trucks, feedlots, grain elevators and kitchens full of grandchildren.
— Marisa Cordero, administrator
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Regional Medical Center · Preferred Post-Acute Partner
- Orthopedic Surgeons Group · Joint Replacement Partner
- Readers' Choice · Best Rehabilitation Center
- Hispanic Chamber · 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
- Top Workplaces · Small Employer
Photo tour
The photo essay
- 56private rehab suites
- 17average days to home
- 9counties we serve
- 2languages on every hall
Sample family reviews
Letters from patients
I had my knee done in Wichita and came home to Dodge for rehab. My wife visited every day instead of every weekend.
Mi mamá entendió todo porque su terapeuta hablaba español. She came home stronger and less scared.
Ryan had me stepping up into a truck bed before I went home. I was back feeding cattle in March.
Abby worked with Dad's swallowing after his stroke. He's eating Sunday dinner with us again.
Telehealth with my surgeon from my suite saved me a six-hour round trip.
Luz drove forty miles to check Mom's house before she went home.
We live in Denver. The video care conferences meant we never missed a decision.
The nurses caught an infection early and started IV antibiotics right here.
Tom gave us a date in the first three days and they hit it.
The guest room let me stay over the night after Dad's surgery. That meant the world.
I walked out the front door on day sixteen. My grandkids were waiting.
Out here the nearest big hospital is three hours away. Recovering close to home isn't a luxury. It's the difference between family at the bedside and family on the highway.
Rooms & suites
The floor plan
A private suite for rest, and rooms built for the work of going home.
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Private rehab suite
A hospital-grade bed, a recliner, a private bath with a roll-in shower and a window toward the plains.
- Private bath
- Roll-in shower
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Deluxe suite
A sitting area and a sleeper chair for family who've driven a long way.
- Sleeper chair
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The gym
Parallel bars, practice stairs, treatment tables and a truck-cab trainer.
- Truck-cab trainer
- Practice stairs
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The practice apartment
A kitchen, laundry and bathroom to rehearse going home.
- Kitchen
- Laundry
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The return-to-work course
Gravel, a gate, a step-up into a truck bed and a feed bucket to carry.
- Gravel
- Gate
- Truck step
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Family guest room
A quiet room where family from out of town can stay the night.
- By reservation
Our team
The masthead
Marisa Cordero
Administrator
Dr. Alan Petersen, DO
Medical director
Gabriela Ortiz, RN
Director of nursing
Ryan Koehn, DPT
Therapy director
Admissions
From hospital to here, in one call
Our admissions team works seven days a week with hospitals across the region.
- Insurance and prior approval handled
- Transportation from Wichita, Amarillo or Garden City arranged
- Your suite ready with diet and medications ordered
- A welcome call to your family, in your language
Now hiring
Good people make Sandhill Plum Rehabilitation. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find us by the medical center
- 2201 N 14th Avenue
Dodge City, KS
Free parking at the main entrance. Wheelchair vans and ambulances use the covered bay on the north side. - (620) 555-0156
- Text us
- admissions@sandhillplumrehab.example
- SandhillPlumRehab
Tour & office hours
- Admissions, 7 days7a – 9p
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Recover close to home. Ask for Sandhill Plum.
You have the right to choose where you recover. Tell your hospital case manager, or call our admissions team any day of the week.