Regency Hospital - Springdale

06/19/2025

Today, we acknowledge the importance of Juneteenth, which commemorates the abolition of slavery.

06/12/2025

Our nursing assistants and patient care technicians champion the recovery of every patient from admission to discharge. An integral part of the nursing team, they obtain vital signs, assist patients with daily care and support their physical and emotional needs.

Join us as we celebrate these compassionate health care professionals. 🌟

06/04/2025

You may have heard the words “aphasia” and “dysphagia” when supporting a loved one’s health journey and wondered what they mean and how they differ.

June is National Aphasia Awareness Month—a fitting time to highlight this communication disorder and contrast it with dysphagia, another disorder patients may face after injury or illness.

Aphasia affects a person’s ability to speak, read or write—although not necessarily their thinking. After a stroke or brain injury that damages the language centers in the brain, a patient may have trouble finding the right words, understanding what others say or comprehending text.

Dysphagia is the difficulty in swallowing, and can occur as a symptom of many different conditions, including brain and muscle disorders.

05/26/2025

This Memorial Day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving and protecting our country.

05/21/2025

Clark Crist once helped MLB players like Kenny Lofton (Cleveland Guardians), Mike Leake (Seattle Mariners) and Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) sign their contracts. Then suddenly the former player, manager and Major League scout needed help himself. He suffered a massive stroke, which affected his ability to walk, feed and dress himself.

In addition to friends and former teammates like Terry Francona (The University of Arizona, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox), Barry Larkin (Cincinnati Reds) and Luis Gonzalez (Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros), Clark needed a coach. Instead he found a team. The therapists at HonorHealth Rehabilitation Hospital helped Clark come home again.

Read Clark's story: https://bit.ly/4jeZzNZ

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us/

05/20/2025

Finding specialized care for your loved one with medically complex needs can be difficult, even overwhelming. At our critical illness recovery hospitals, we focus on five recovery areas, known as the Five Whys, which are vital to each patient’s journey toward independence.

These skills may seem simple but for those recovering from catastrophic illness or injury, they often need to relearn them. Our multidisciplinary team consists of pulmonologists (doctors who specialize in treating respiratory illnesses), respiratory therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, pharmacists, dietitians and nurses.

Each of the Five Whys is central to patient recovery, helping to identify opportunities for improvement in order to accelerate the ability to go home.

05/18/2025

Many of our patients struggle to speak, swallow or think clearly when they transition to our care. They’re recovering from injury or illness and want to talk with a loved one, eat their favorite food and manage their daily activities.

Certified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) play an important role in making that happen. As part of a multi-disciplinary care team, SLPs diagnose communication and swallowing conditions and create individualized plans to address them.

For some patients, that may mean exercises to strengthen their tongue, lips and throat. For others, it might be activities to improve memory and problem solving—all with the goal of getting them back to their lives.

05/16/2025

We partner with top-tier, innovative health care systems nationwide. Select Medical’s network of hospitals is devoted to helping patients recover, achieve successful outcomes and regain their quality of life.

05/15/2025

Caleb Utley, a 34-year-old restaurant server, enjoyed an active life with his fiancé and their two dogs. But a catastrophic vehicle accident changed everything. The incident left him with multiple traumatic wounds including a brain injury. He faced a long road to recovery. His first stop after the ICU was Select Specialty Hospital - Dallas Plano, a critical illness recovery hospital, where he continued to heal from his injuries. After meeting his goals, he transferred to Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation - Frisco, to regain his mobility, communication skills and other abilities to return to the life he loved.

Read more about Caleb’s amazing recovery: https://bit.ly/4mhHmSF

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us/

05/14/2025

It is a myth that only older people can suffer a stroke. In fact, rates of stroke among younger adults are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a study conducted from 2011-13 and from 2020-22, the prevalence of strokes in people ages 18 to 44 rose 14.6%, while those ages 45 to 64 rose 15.7%.

Though strokes remain most common in those who are 65 or older, they can occur at any age. The CDC report highlights a rise in obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes and high blood pressure as contributing to increased strokes among younger people. Despite the rise, there are steps younger adults can take to lower their chances of having a stroke now and in the future.

05/13/2025

“How do I bring my loved one home from the hospital? I don’t feel ready.”

We often hear these words from caregivers prior to a patient’s discharge; the end of a hospital stay can be confusing, overwhelming and even, a little scary. That’s why we have a Care Partner Program.

CHET—Community, Healing, Education and Training—is an online destination built to support all our patients and their caregivers nationwide during their recovery journey. Hospital staff support and teach caregivers all aspects of care, based on the specific needs of each patient and their family.

During care partner training sessions, each caregiver has the opportunity to participate in physical, occupational, speech and recreational therapy.

To learn more about CHET, visit: https://chetcommunity.com/

05/12/2025

We care for patients coast-to-coast across our network of hospitals.
In recognition of National Hospital Week, we celebrate our dedicated, compassionate teams that provide exceptional care to patients every day in our critical illness recovery and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals.

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us

01/01/2025

We wish you a safe and healthy new year.

07/23/2024

Pam Dubois has always led an active lifestyle. That changed unexpectedly when she lost consciousness at home and was diagnosed with a brain mass. For 21 days, she lay in intensive care, unable to breath, eat, speak or move her limbs.

When Pam was ready to start rebuilding her life, her family chose Regency Hospital – Springdale. Under the guidance of a physician-led, interdisciplinary team, she began to progress immediately.

Read Pam's story here: https://bit.ly/4c9N17b

07/10/2024

Ava Woodson lost consciousness on the flight home from a mission trip to Brazil. She was diagnosed with dengue fever, a viral infection that sent her into respiratory and acute heart failure. After three months in the ICU, Ava was incredibly weak but medically stable enough to begin the process of healing. For that, she was transferred to Regency Hospital - Springdale. There, a physician-led team of nurses, therapists and clinical staff developed a personalized treatment plan that would help her on the road home.

Read her story here: https://bit.ly/3XTLdeZ

Ava Woodson, 21, was on a turbulent flight home from a mission trip to Brazil when she began to lose consciousness. During the plane's stopover in Chicago, she was taken to Loyola University Medical Center where doctors diagnosed her with dengue fever, a mosquito-born illness normally contracted in....

03/14/2024

Pulmonary rehabilitation—restoring a patient’s ability to breathe on their own—is a crucial aspect of the rehabilitation process in our critical illness recovery hospitals. Select Medical takes a team approach to pulmonary rehab, with every member of the interdisciplinary team playing a key part in helping a patient regain their ability to breathe independently.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week serves as a reminder of the critical role that respiratory therapy plays in advancing the healing journey. This week, we’ll show you how our physician-led interdisciplinary teams work together, implementing different therapies to help our patients breathe freely again.

Respiratory therapists use flutter valves (a tube that only allows air to move in one direction) and positive expiratory pressure therapy, which helps get air into the lungs so that it can be expelled forcefully enough to dislodge mucus, to help a patient clear their airway and strengthen the muscles needed for breathing. Timed breathing trials are performed to strengthen the lungs. During these short bursts, the patient spends increasingly longer stretches of time off the ventilator and without supplemental oxygen support.

Speech-language pathologists use a Passy-Muir valve – a specialized valve that allows mechanically ventilated patients to speak. It is placed on the end of a patient’s trach tube, not only to help them regain their voice but to strengthen their lungs. Swallowing exercises and a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) study can lead to resuming a more normal diet. Patients who can communicate and eat on their own are less anxious and more likely to participate in therapy.

Physical therapists implement a mobility protocol soon after the patient enters one of our critical illness recovery hospitals. By ensuring that the patient is sitting up twice a day and exercising their body, they grow stronger, improving their ability to breathe on their own.

Registered dietitians ensure ventilator patients are well nourished so they have the energy to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation. By adjusting a patient’s calorie intake to meet their needs, dietitians can slow weight loss and preserve the muscle necessary for patients to breathe independently.

Occupational therapists adapt activities of daily living to make it easier for patients to complete these tasks based on their current abilities. Common day-to-day activities, such as getting dressed, doing laundry, cooking and transferring between surfaces can seem impossible for pulmonary rehabilitation patients who have reduced endurance and strength. By teaching these patient’s adaptive strategies that reduce the energy needed to do these tasks, like sitting down to put your pants on or using a grabbing claw to reach far away objects, occupational therapists help their patients regain independence, conserve energy and build endurance over time.

Nurses are the backbone of every therapy team. They are the gatekeepers of care and a source of information for patients and their families. By monitoring and administering medications, they can help a patient achieve a state of wakefulness or painlessness that can make the difference during a day of therapy.

03/13/2024

It’s World Delirium Awareness Day. Delirium is a condition experienced by up to a third of all people admitted for inpatient care. Its effects are wide-ranging and can be frightening. Patients may not recognize their loved ones or caregivers, or they may hallucinate. No matter the symptom, delirium is disruptive to the healing process and disturbing for patients and their loved ones.

Recognizing patients who are at a higher risk for developing delirium can help us create strategies that provide effective care. Learn more about delirium with the following graphics.

03/13/2024

Nutrition plays a vital role in delivering quality patient care. Our registered dietitians are the food and nourishment experts of our interdisciplinary teams. Dietitians use their clinical expertise to develop and implement personalized nutrition plans that help each patient maintain the energy they need to continue healing.

We appreciate our registered dietitians for their important role in achieving successful patient outcomes through dietary education and individualized nutrition.