St. Finbarr's Rehabilitation Unit (SFRU) is a long established post-acute inpatient geriatric rehabilitation unit in Cork city serving Cork city and the wider Cork area. Access to SFRU is via acute hospitals (Cork University Hospital Group & Mercy University Hospital) and community pathways.
St Finbarr's Rehabilitation Unit has 71 inpatient beds. The unit supports the older person following an acute illness or hospital stay with a concurrent change in functional status and aims to return the older person to the best possible health state.
Key working relationships associated with the role include the:
* Inpatient Geriatric Medicine Service
* FIT
* ICPOP
* Head of Bed Management acute sites
* Business Manager Medical Directorate
* Acute & SFRU Health & Social Care Professionals
* ADON for Medical Directorate
* SFRU CNM3
* Clinical Lead Geriatric Medicine
* Clinical Lead SFRU
* Discharge Co-ordinators
* Inter-professional colleagues
* Patients and their families
* Clinical Director Medicine