Overview

Life Riverfield Lodge is situated in the Fourways area, in a tranquil, peaceful setting on the banks of the Jukskei River. At this facility, patient well-being is of the utmost importance to both management and staff. Life Riverfield Lodge is designed to meet the needs of a short-term, in-patient mental health programme, including addictive disorders, as well as a holistic acute rehabilitation programme for people with neurological, spinal and other disabling injuries. At Life Riverfield Lodge, there are a total of 87 beds  and 1 procedure room for electro-convulsive therapy. Our main purpose is to provide quality, holistic, integrated multi-disciplinary rehabilitation and wellness, thereby enabling patients to optimise their quality of life.

Mental Health

• Wednesday 16h00 – 20h00
• Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays 13h00 - 17h00

Rehabilitation - Spinal and Neuro Unit

• Monday to Friday 15h00 – 19h30
• Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays 13h00 – 17h00

Medical services and acute rehab

• Traumatic brain injury
• Stroke
• Spinal cord injuries
• Medically complex debilitating conditions

Our main purpose is to provide quality, holistic, integrated multi-disciplinary rehabilitation, thereby enabling patients maximal functional independence.

The patient and family are the centre of the  acute rehabilitation team which consists of :

• Rehabilitation admission consultants
• Rehabilitation nurses
• Occupational therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Speech and language therapists
• Dieticians
• Counselling social workers
• Neuropsychologists
• Rehabilitation doctors
• Consulting neuro-psychiatrist

Mental health

The mental health services offered at  Life Riverfield Lodge include general psychiatry, treatment for substance dependence or other addictions associated with psychiatric disorders .

Treatment offered include evidence-based drug therapy, individual psychiatric consultations and psychotherapy, group therapy and, where needed, physical therapy.

Doctors

Contact us