BDH Clinic Elzach

The BDH -Klinik Elzach GmbH in Elzach is a clinic for rehabilitation in neurology . It has over 600 employees and offers beds for 190 patients. The clinic works closely with the Freiburg University Medical Center . The clinic's medical director is Claus-Werner Wallesch.

BDH clinic

history

In 1959 there was the idea of ​​building a sanatorium for brain-injured war and work victims. In 1961 the first patient was treated in the "Neurological Sanatorium Elzach".

The large extension to the clinic was completed in 1970. Another expansion took place five years later. The sanatorium now had a capacity of 180 beds. In 1984 it was renamed “Neurological Clinic Elzach”. In 1995 the new building for the department for neurological early rehabilitation was opened with two new stations.

On January 1, 2009, the name was changed to "BDH-Klinik Elzach" in order to emphasize the clinic owner in the name (BDH Bundesverband Rehabilitation; BDH stands for Bund Deutscher Hirngeschädigte , name of the association from 1974 to 1994). Another extension building, which connects the two south-facing wings of the clinic, was completed in October 2009 and put into operation. In this context, all stations were restructured.

Since October 2018, the fifth expansion of the clinic has been under construction with a further 52 treatment places for early rehabilitation (phase B) on two new wards; the planned opening is in October 2020.

The clinic has developed into the largest location for neurological early rehabilitation in Baden-Württemberg.

BDH clinic Waldkirch

On April 1, 2019, the BDH Federal Rehabilitation Association took over the sponsorship of the Bruder Klaus hospital in Waldkirch from the regional association of church hospitals . In the future, in addition to the previous services such as surgery and internal medicine, advanced neurology will also be offered in cooperation with the BDH Clinic Elzach.

location

Embedded in the landscape of the southern Black Forest , the BDH clinic is located on a mountain slope above the city of Elzach approx. 26 km from Freiburg im Breisgau .

Departments

The clinic has the following departments:

Medical field maintenance Bathing department Occupational therapy Early rehabilitation Curative education Art therapy

Neuropsychology Care transfer physical therapy Swallowing therapy Speech therapy Social service Pastoral care

Stations

The wards of the clinic are named after the surrounding mountains in the Black Forest. There are the stations Belchen, Feldberg , Hornisgrinde, Kaiserstuhl, Kandel , Lindenberg , Rohrhardsberg , Schauinsland and Schönberg .

Indications

• Neurological diseases
• Consequences of accidents and injuries

education

Since 2001 the clinic has had a state-approved school for health and nursing assistants and every year trains around 20 students to become state-approved health and nursing assistants . After taking over the Bruder Klaus hospital in Waldkirch, the school was relocated from Elzach to Waldkirch with the start of training on October 1, 2019 in order to offer the trainees a more attractive location. The practical training of the students continues to take place in Elzach.

There is the possibility of training to become a specialist. An interdisciplinary training program for doctors, nurses and therapists takes place regularly.

quality

The BDH Clinic Elzach is certified according to DEGEMED and DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008.

Web links

• Clinic's website

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 29 ″  N , 8 ° 4 ′ 48 ″  E