Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wealthy Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°57′21″N 85°39′46″W / 42.955965°N 85.662799°WCoordinates: 42°57′21″N 85°39′46″W / 42.955965°N 85.662799°W |
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| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Hospital type | General, Teaching, Specialist |
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| Beds | 167 |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.maryfreebed.com/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Michigan |
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is a 167-bed acute care inpatient rehabilitation hospital for children and adults who have experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, amputation, or other injury or illness requiring physical rehabilitation.
Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the not-for-profit hospital expanded from 80 beds to 167 beds in early 2015. Patients come from throughout the Midwest and beyond to recover movement and function through Mary Free Bed's inpatient rehabilitation programs.
In 2014, Mary Free Bed and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine created a partnership to expand Mary Free Bed into a teaching and research hospital. The John F. Butzer Center for Research & Innovation is led by John F. Butzer, MD, who served as Mary Free Bed's chief medical officer for 29 years. MSUCHM also launched the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2014 and named Dr. Butzer as director.
The story of Mary Free Bed began in 1891 when a small group of women wanted to help people who couldn’t afford health care. They passed a purse and asked anyone named Mary – or anyone who knew someone named Mary – to donate a dime. It was the most common name at the time, and the donations supported the first “Mary free bed” at a local hospital.
As funds grew, this group of women, known as the Mary Free Bed Guild, began helping people with disabilities, too.
Today, the 120 women of the Guild and Junior Guild continue to govern the hospital and also volunteer their time serving as greeters, patient liaisons, hospitality-cart providers and hostesses at monthly meals for patients and their families.
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital provides rehabilitation services for pediatric and adult patients through inpatient, outpatient, clinic, and home/community services. Physiatrist-led treatment teams include rehabilitation nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, recreational therapists, social workers, registered dietitians, and psychologists. Treatment teams for pediatric patients also include child life specialists.
Mary Free Bed’s focus is on adults and children with spinal cord injury, traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury (including concussion), stroke, amputation, orthopedic, general deconditioning, multiple fractures and cancer. The hospital also treats patients with neurological and neuromuscular disorders, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Guillain–Barré syndrome, West Nile Virus, and other debilitating conditions.
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