We have two different modern bedded rehabilitation units: Athlone and Alexandra.
Our rehabilitation facilities aim to provide excellent care to help maximise your independence following illness or injury, and get you back on the road to recovery.
Our rehabilitation units look after patients who require general short stay inpatient rehabilitation.
Athlone Rehab Unit consists of 22 beds split over two floors with lift access to each floor.
Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit consists of 11 beds, all of which are on the ground floor.
Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit is a bedded rehabilitation unit within the Princess Louise Nursing Home in Kensington & Chelsea. It helps patients improve their strength, achieve greater independence, and gain the confidence to return home.
When staying with us you will have a single occupancy room with an en-suite bathroom and shower facilities. Each room has access to wifi and to a television.
Athlone Rehabilitation Unit is a bedded rehabilitation unit within Athlone House Nursing Home in Westminster. It helps patients improve their strength, achieve greater independence and gain the confidence to return home.
When staying with us you will have a single occupancy room with an en-suite bathroom and shower facilities. Each room has access to wifi and to a television.
Our rehabilitation team consists of a mix of professionals and support staff, including:
- Physiotherapists who work with patients to maximise their strength, endurance and mobility.
- Occupational therapists promote patient’s independence and their health and wellbeing through participation in functional activities and task specific training.
- Speech and language therapists help patients who have communication or swallowing problems.
- Social workers liaise closely with patients and the wider rehabilitation team to ensure your return home is supported.
- Nursing staff are available 24 hours. Each patient is allocated a named nurse who is responsible for ensuring their nursing and care needs are met. Nursing staff also provide assistance with personal care, laundry, and meals as required.
- Medical cover is provided by a specialist rehabilitation doctor. Each patient’s GP is informed of your admission and will receive a summary of their rehabilitation stay on discharge.
- Rehabilitation assistants work with patients individually and in group sessions to carrying out tasks and exercises identified by the therapy team.
- Dietitians provide nutritional advice and support.
We work with our patients to identify individual rehabilitation goals to achieve during their stay with us.
We offer short-term inpatient rehab. The length of time patients stay varies. Our aim is to ensure patients can safely return home as soon as possible and continue their rehabilitation in the community.
Goal setting
An important part of rehabilitation is setting treatment goals. Goals are essentially what tasks or things you would like to achieve or improve upon. This is to ensure that we all understand what you want and need to achieve during your stay with us. We work together with you to update your goals and we encourage you to share these with your friends and family so that they can see what you are working on.
Planning to go home
Discharge planning starts on your first day in one of our units and is an important consideration when setting your goals. Prior to leaving the unit a member of the team will meet with you to review your progress and discuss what needs to be organised and by when. This may include equipment or other health or social care services.
Clothes
You will need a weeks' worth of comfortable clothing and practical shoes during your stay.
Patient experience
We really value your comments, feedback and suggestions on how we can continuously improve our service. When you leave one of our units we will ask you to complete a short confidential survey in order for us to capture your unique experience.
Visiting hours at our units are between 8:30am and 8:30pm daily.
Visitors should note that patients will be involved in rehabilitation activities throughout the day, and visiting will need to work around these activities.
Please note the unit operates a protected meal times policy:
- Breakfast is 8:30am to 9:30am
- Lunch is 12:30pm to 1:30pm
- Dinner is 5:30pm to 6:30pm.
Smoking or drinking alcohol is not permitted anywhere in the building.
Smoking/alcohol cessation advice and support is available from the team.
Athlone Rehabilitation Unit
- Address: Athlone House, 7a Woodfield Road, London, W9 2BA
- Phone: 020 7266 6723
Alexandra Rehabilitation Unit
- Address: Princess Louise Kensington (PLK) Nursing Home, Pangbourne Avenue, London, W10 6DL
- Phone: 020 8102 4792