Helen Hayes Hospital
Helen Hayes Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | West Haverstraw, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 41°12′50″N 73°59′18″W / 41.2140°N 73.9882°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Physical medicine and rehabilitation |
Type | Nonprofit organization |
Services | |
Beds | 155 |
History | |
Opened | 1900 |
Links | |
Website | helenhayeshospital |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Helen Hayes Hospital is a 155-bed physical rehabilitation hospital in West Haverstraw, New York, owned and operated by the New York State Department of Health. Established by Dr. Newton Schaffer in 1900 as a physical rehabilitation hospital for children, it is considered to be one of the first freestanding state-operated physical rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. The hospital was renamed in 1974 after celebrated stage and screen actress Helen Hayes MacArthur, who served on the hospital's Board of Visitors for 49 years until her death in 1993. The hospital is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.
The modern hospital provides rehabilitation on an inpatient and outpatient basis for individuals of all ages with a wide array of disabilities and conditions, including
and other neurological disorders. The hospital also provides pediatric rehabilitation for children with physical and cognitive disabilities and developmental delays.Helen Hayes Hospital is also home to The Center for Rehabilitation Technology, a center for advanced
History
The hospital was established in 1900 by Dr. Newton M. Shaffer as the New York State Hospital for the Care of Indigent Crippled and Deformed Children. Then located in
In April 1905, the New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children was relocated to
In 1923, during the Polio epidemic, the hospital was renamed The New York State Orthopedic Hospital for Children. In 1929, it became the New York State Reconstruction Home. In 1945, during World War II, the hospital lifted its age restrictions and began to admit patients over the age of 21.
Two more name changes would occur in the coming years—to New York State Rehabilitation Hospital in 1948 and New York State Rehabilitation and Research Hospital 1972—until the hospital was renamed for the final time in 1974 as Helen Hayes Hospital, in honor of Helen Hayes, the actress of stage and screen who devoted much time and money to the institution.[5]
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