A patient-centered approach

When your road to recovery involves regaining your strength, improving your mobility and becoming more independent, the specially trained therapy staff at Los Alamitos Medical Center’s will be with you every step of the way. The hospital offers a wide range of rehabilitation services including:

• Physical therapy
• Speech therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• Pulmonary rehabilitation

Los Alamitos’ rehabilitation services provide care for adults. Our team will work with you and your physician to develop an individualized care plan. Your recovery can begin before you ever leave the hospital. The patient-centered approach involves working one-on-one with you and providing compassionate care at every step of your recovery process.

Speech Therapy Programs

Los Alamitos Medical Center is pleased to offer a two-part speech therapy program to help individuals with Parkinson’s regain and maintain effective communication: SPEAK OUT!® followed by The LOUD Crowd®.

SPEAK OUT!® places emphasis on speaking with intent and converting speech from an automatic function to an intentional act. Together, patients and their speech-language pathologist work through a series of speech, voice, and cognitive exercises outlined in a SPEAK OUT!® Workbook.

Upon completion of SPEAK OUT!®, patients transition to The LOUD Crowd®. This maintenance program consists of weekly group sessions led by a speech-language pathologist. The SPEAK OUT!® exercises are performed, and group members provide support, encouragement, and accountability to one another.

Participation in The LOUD Crowd®, along with daily home practice and six-month re-evaluations, has been shown to help patients maintain their communication skills throughout the progression of Parkinson’s. For more information about SPEAK OUT!® and The LOUD Crowd® or to schedule a speech evaluation, please call 562-594-3015.