​Afternoon with the Expert explores benefits of telerehabilitation

NEWINGTON - Connect to healthier by learning more about a new telerehabilitation program that is helping people recuperate from total knee replacement surgery. The free Afternoon with the Expert program, “What is Telerehab?,” will be presented Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., at Jefferson House, 1 John H. Stewart Drive.

This innovative therapy connects patients to their physical therapists even after discharge from Jefferson House. Patients are educated in using an iPod, tripod and Fitbit to aid in their rehabilitation and have a home assessment via a special app. Therapy continues one-on-one at home in live time via the Internet.

The program was developed over two years through the collaboration of Jefferson House, Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network, Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute and Hartford HealthCare at Home.

Speakers at the Sept. 27 program will include Dr. Courtland Lewis, Physician-in-Chief Hartford Healthcare Bone and Joint Institute; Kathleen Sullivan, MSPT, MHA, director of rehabilitation, Jefferson House; and Christopher Peterson PT, DPT, Telerehabilitation program director, Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network.

Refreshments will be served. RSVP to 855.HHC.HERE (855.442.4373).

Jefferson House, a department of Hartford Hospital, offers short-term/outpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing and palliative care. Jefferson House is located at 1 John H. Stewart Drive, Newington. For more information about Jefferson House, visit jeffersonhouse.org.