Our Mission
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital exists to restore independence, hope, and freedom through rehabilitation to people with disabilities.

Our Vision
Mary Free Bed will be the dominant, high-value provider of an integrated system of rehabilitation services in Michigan for children and adults with the following conditions: spinal injuries, brain injuries, strokes, orthopedic injuries, neurological conditions, congenital abnormalities, pain, and amputation.

  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital will have a sub-specialty, sub-acute care presence as the local community requires.
  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital will be the dominant, high-value provider of orthotic and prosthetic services in Michigan.
  • Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital will be known for excellence in clinical services.

History of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital originated in 1891 when a small group of Grand Rapids women recognized the need for medical care for patients of limited financial means in our community. They embarked on a fund-raising campaign to secure the use of a free bed in one of the local hospitals. The group solicited financial support from the Grand Rapids community, asking for contributions from everyone named Mary, as well as from those having friends or relatives with the name. They soon raised enough money to endow a free bed, which subsequently became known as the Mary Free Bed.

As the fund and community need grew, the women's group became incorporated as the Mary Free Bed Guild of Grand Rapids. Mary Free Bed is one of the few hospitals in the country still owned and operated by a women's guild. Today, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is a free-standing, 80-bed, non-profit organization devoted exclusively to comprehensive rehabilitation for adults and children. Mary Free Bed offers a wide array of inpatient and outpatient programs, physical therapy clinics, and specialty medical treatment services for adults and children throughout Michigan, the Midwest states, and beyond.

 

 

 

Our Services

 

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital provides comprehensive physical rehabilitation services for adults and children. All of our programs include inpatient, outpatient, and clinic services.

Inpatient Programs
Our main specialty program areas are adult brain injury, spinal cord injury or disease, pediatric and adolescent programs, stroke, and orthopedic. We also see many other diagnoses such as amputations and limb differences, multiple fractures, neurological and neuromuscular disorders, multiple sclerosis, general deconditioning, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and West Nile virus.

  • CARF accredited in inpatient rehabilitation; special CARF accreditation for brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, and pediatric programs
  • Joint Commission accredited
  • Integration with all Mary Free Bed specialty services
  • Program designed to help individuals live as independently as possible in home, work, school, and community environments
  • Tours of facility available prior to admission; contact our admissions coordinator at 616.242.0396 or 800.305.8893 to schedule
  • Therapy occurs 7 days a week
  • Weekend admissions
  • Independence Square and Apartment for Daily Living available (simulated external environments for our patients and their families to practice their home and community skills in a safe setting)

Outpatient Programs
Our interdisciplinary treatment teams work with patients in our newly renovated outpatient setting. There is direct physiatry involvement and each treatment plan is tailored to the individuals needs.

  • Physician/team conferencing, as warranted
  • Equipment, home, and work site evaluations available
  • Access to wide array of specialty services at Mary Free Bed
  • Program management by a rehabilitation physician
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech-language pathology
  • Neuropsychology
  • Social work
  • Therapeutic recreation
  • Driver rehabilitation
  • Orthotics and prosthetics
  • Vocational consultants
  • Outpatient clinic services

 

 

Clinic Services
All clinic services at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital are consultative and rehabilitation oriented. Primary medical care and emergency room services are not available.

The goal of our outpatient clinics is to provide maximum rehabilitation services to physically disabled children, adolescents, and adults in the community. To accomplish this goal, physicians, rehabilitation nurses, and allied health professionals participate in the evaluation and goal setting process. Specialty services available within the system are physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, psychology, orthotics, prosthetics, driver rehabilitation, nutritional services, social work, OthroSEAT, vocational rehabilitation, radiology, and laboratory services.

Referrals to the clinic may be initiated by physicians, hospitals, school personnel, parents, public health nurses, and case managers. Clinics are also offered for patients scheduled for follow-up after inpatient hospitalization.

For a more complete overview of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital including a virtual tour please visit the website at http://maryfreebed.com