Drake Center specializes in helping patients who need more time to recover from catastrophic injury and illness. Often these are patients who have experienced traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury or stroke, or are in need of advanced wound or pulmonary/ventilator care. Drake Center offers two levels of inpatient care - Long-term Acute Care (LTAC) and Transitional Skilled Nursing Care (TCU).

If you have a patient who could benefit from our extended rehab and medical care services, we offer a streamlined referral process to facilitate a smooth patient transfer:

• To make a referral, call Drake Center at 513.418.4365 or 1.800.948.0003 x 4365, or complete a referral online.
• Within 24 hours, one of our assessment nurses will provide a free patient evaluation to determine whether or not he/she meets the criteria for admission and also will speak with the family.
• If the patient meets the admission criteria, our assessment nurse will contact the patient's insurance carrier to verify benefits, determine the need for additional assistance and obtain approval for a transfer to Drake Center.
• Once approved, our assessment nurse will notify you and work with our admitting office to coordinate the transfer.

A key to placement is making an early referral. In doing so, the likelihood of the patient meeting our criteria for LTAC is much higher. Unfortunately, patients who fail to meet our criteria often do so because too much time has passed since their injury. For details on our inpatient programs and whether or not your patient may be appropriate for one of them, visit the LTAC Inpatient Referrals and TCU Inpatient Referrals sections of our Web site.

Complete a referral online, or download, print and complete a referral form and fax to 513.418.2599. For more information on the referral process, call 513.418.4365 or 1.800.948.0003 x 4365.