rehab
Short for rehabilitation. A generic term for a program or facility that treats a person with a diagnosed condition.
Rehab includes outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology, social work, vocational assistance, and drug treatment. Rehab facilities also include inpatient medical care (such as following a surgery, an illness, a traumatic injury, a stroke, etc.); inpatient physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy; inpatient drug or alcohol treatment; inpatient psychiatric care. They also include skilled nursing facilities (colloquially called nursing homes).
If discussing a rehab program, it is best to be descriptive of the type of care, especially because in popular vernacular and due to references in popular music and movies, the term rehab has been negatively associated with drug treatment facilities.
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