COVID Recovery and Rehabilitation
Treating Long-Term Effects of the Coronavirus in Adults and Children
Does this sound like you or someone you know?
Do you still have symptoms of COVID-19 weeks or months after being diagnosed?
RWJBarnabas Health has created COVID-19 rehabilitation programs to help people manage what have been called “post-COVID conditions” or “long COVID.”
Conditions Treated in Our COVID Recovery Programs
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), common long-COVID symptoms include:
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Cough
- Joint pain
- Chest pain
- Difficulty thinking and concentrating (brain fog)
- Depression
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Intermittent fever and a fast-beating heart (heart palpitations)
Less common but more serious long-term complications that can prevent a full recovery from COVID-19 include:
- Inflammation of the heart muscle
- Lung function abnormalities
- Acute kidney injury
- Dermatologic issues (rashes, hair loss)
- Smell and taste problems
- Sleep issues
- Memory problems
- Psychiatric problems (depression, anxiety, mood changes)
COVID Recovery Services
Our multidisciplinary team of doctors and rehabilitation experts work together to reduce or eliminate lingering symptoms in people who have post-COVID conditions.
We will assess a patient’s symptoms and link them with experts in specialties such as cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, physical therapy, speech therapy, behavioral therapy, and more.
Our providers offer access to a continuum of care, including additional outpatient testing, radiology or prescription medication.
Pediatric Post-COVID Recovery Program
The pediatric Post-COVID-19 recovery program ensures that children who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) as a result of COVID-19 receive the necessary physician follow-up.
In collaboration with a child’s pediatrician, experts will determine whether they need specialty services, and a patient navigator will connect parents with the doctors who can help.
Specialists in our pediatric post-COVID recovery program are from behavioral health services, cardiology, gastroenterology, hematology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonology, radiology, and rheumatology. Physical, speech and cognitive rehabilitation are part of the program as well.
Find a COVID Recovery Program Near You
Find a COVID recovery program offered at an RWJBarnabas Health facility near you.
Physician-Led Comprehensive Academic Programs
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ – Post-COVID Recovery Program
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ - Adult – Post-COVID Comprehensive Assessment Recovery and Evaluation (CARE) Program
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ - Pediatric – Pediatric Post-COVID Comprehensive Assessment Recovery and Evaluation (CARE) Program
Physician Care and Rehabilitation Services
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Children's Specialized Hospital – Pediatric post-COVID care is offered through various departments
depending on the need:
- Special Needs Primary Care
- Neurology
- Inpatient Services
- Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy
- Neuropsychology
- Physiatry
Outpatient Rehabilitation
- Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ – Pediatric Post-COVID Comprehensive Assessment Recovery and Evaluation (CARE) Program
- Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ – Pulmonary Rehabilitation Post-COVID Recovery Program
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ – COVID-19 Recovery Clinic
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton, NJ – Post-COVID Recovery Program
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rahway, NJ – Post-COVID Recovery Program
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Somerset, NJ – Post-COVID Care Exercise Program and Speech Services
Research
RWJBarnabas Health participates in clinical trials to offer the latest treatments to our patients. As part of a premier academic medical institution, our work can inform the medical research community to aid in developing more effective treatments for COVID-19.