De Hoogstraat Revalidatie

At De Hoogstraat, rehabilitation programmes are offered to children, adolescents and adults who are confronted with limitations in their daily lives as a result of disorders or diseases. Expert staff teach them to optimise the use of their capacities. De Hoogstraat has 130 beds available for inpatient treatment, while 250 clients a day come in for outpatient treatment. De Hoogstraat acts as the rehabilitation centre for the city and province of Utrecht, while also attracting people from outside the province who want to attend specialised rehabilitation programmes for children, patients with spinal cord injuries or stroke victims. De Hoogstraat counsels and treats persons with a wide range of disorders, usually focusing on mobility impairments. These disorders may have been present since birth, although in many cases they have arisen at a later age, as a result of a disease or accident. Furthermore, De Hoogstraat is contributing to the further progress of rehabilitation medicine, by designing new research programmes and by using the findings of these programmes to improve treatment. The centre is also engaged in training, education and quality assurance projects. Knowledge obtained in research and training is being applied in everyday practice, while questions asked by practitioners are a starting point for further research and development.