Encompass Health Bluffton therapy gym tour with WTOC-11
Sept. 11, 2025 – Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bluffton is a place for patients to recover following a life-changing illness or injury. Whether a stroke, hip fracture, brain or spinal cord injury, Encompass Health Bluffton’s multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation helps patients return to what matters most.
In an interview with WTOC-11 news, Meg Foster, director of therapy operations at Encompass Health Bluffton, shares about the care the hospital provides.
“We work with patients who have medical complications and a decrease of function,” Foster told WTOC-11. “While they’re here, we have physical medicine and rehabilitation doctors, internal medicine doctors, and a therapy team and nursing team that collaborate to take care of the patients.”
Foster adds that Encompass Health Bluffton’s primary goal is to increase a patient’s independence.
“It might be a new normal,” said Foster. “But, we get them to independence enough to get them home.”
WTOC-11 also spoke with Joyce Sullivan, a patient at the hospital due to a fall in her home.
“I refuse to give up,” said Sullivan. “With the help of all these people, I think I’m going to be ok.”
Foster gave a tour to WTOC-11 showing the advanced technologies and how real-life situations are simulated in the therapy gym.
“We want to incorporate function into the therapy,” said Foster. “It’s more meaningful to the patient this way.”
watch the full news interview with WTOC-11.