New UAB Rehabilitation Pavilion – Changing the landscape of rehabilitation
UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center is opening an 11-story, state-of-the-art inpatient rehabilitation hospital in spring 2025. The new hospital will include 78 rehabilitation beds and the most advanced technology – all designed to promote functional activity at every turn. The new facility will help us enhance our focus on neurorehabilitation for patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other conditions.
Comprehensive Care Team
Our highly skilled, interdisciplinary team includes physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians (physiatrists), as well as specialists in rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, recreational therapy, music therapy, rehabilitation case management, and psychology services. They provide comprehensive, evidence-based care that helps patients achieve their goals and reclaim independence. Clinicians integrate best practices and leading-edge technology into their care plans, to help patients more easily begin and complete their recovery. Rehabilitation nursing offers a unique opportunity to help restore patients’ lives after injury while working as part of an interdisciplinary care team. Our nurses serve as collaborators, educators, care coordinators, and advocates. Our team is committed to progress – in the life-changing care we provide, the communities we serve, the way we think, and the research we lead. We support professional clinical development by empowering and challenging our clinicians through mentorship and other growth opportunities.
Latest technologies. New opportunities.
A rooftop garden, terrain park, basketball court, simulated city street, and wheelchair skills area will give patients the opportunity to practice meaningful hobbies and activities important to their recovery. Each rehabilitation floor will include open therapy gyms, private therapy rooms, a day room, and a central hub designed to enhance team communication. Patient rooms will be equipped with overhead lifts and patient repositioners on each bed to assist staff. This new facility will strengthen our reputation as a leading provider of neurorehabilitation care.