RICHMOND REHABILITATION

While there may be numerous rehabilitation facilities available, it is all too common that patients must travel long distances to receive
their treatment. For those living in more rural areas, the options are often very limited. One of these underserved areas is southern Rhode Island,
where there are many residents, but almost no nearby options for rehabilitation services. This is why Richmond Rehabilitation, located in
Richmond, Rhode Island, will be an important new business to help serve this currently underserved region.
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Richmond Rehabilitation is a short-term rehabilitation center that welcomes outpatients from pediatric to geriatric. Washington County,
encompassing nearly all of southwestern Rhode Island, is currently an underserved region in terms of rehabilitation services, despite having a
population of over one hundred and twenty-six thousand (“Washington County, Rhode Island”, 2018). We will offer a wide range of commonly
needed therapies and services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and pulmonary rehabilitation. Nurses are also
available to assist patients during treatments and provide education to patients and family members when needed. Our physical therapy services
will include orthopedic, cardiopulmonary, and neurological. Our occupational therapy services will include gerontology and physical
rehabilitation. Our speech therapists will work with patients to be able to speak again after loss of muscle strength or motor control. Lastly, our
pulmonary rehabilitation program focuses on exercise, activities of daily living, breathing techniques, and respiratory medication education.
Because Richmond Rehabilitation will not serve just one patient group, patients of all ages and with various rehabilitation needs will be able to
seek treatment here who previously needed to travel or temporarily relocate to central or northern Rhode Island to seek rehabilitation treatment.
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Due to the location a wide variety of services offered, Richmond Rehabilitation has the ability to serve a large
population that is currently in need of these services and who will be thrilled to have such a facility that is not far away
from their home. Richmond Rehabilitation will not have to expect to offer wages far higher than current centers in order to
draw health care professionals, as there are many therapists and nurses currently living in these communities that have to
commute into the city for work who will be thrilled to have the opportunity to work much closer to their homes, serving
their own community. Additionally, because these are not particularly newly invented services, nor is Rhode Island a
newly formed state, the threat of competitors moving into the area is not a likely source of competition in the short- or
long-term. Richmond Rehabilitation will therefore be able to offer services at a fair price in a location that is convenient
for this community and surrounding communities.