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Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, or Rancho, dates back to 1888 when indigent patients from the Los Angeles County Hospital were relocated to what was then known as the Los Angeles County Poor Farm. Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy were started in the late 1920s.
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center was ranked #26 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and #45 in California. [19] The hospital's rehabilitation program was also ranked "high-performing." [19] Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center has consistently been ranked as one of "America's Best Hospitals" since 1989. [20]
Downey is home to Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center which is the main public rehabilitation hospital for Los Angeles County. Rancho Los Amigos is renowned worldwide for its innovative contributions to the care of spinal cord injuries and post-polio syndrome. [18]
[5] [6] "The need for trained therapists to assist the war wounded in mental and physical rehabilitation is critical," she told The Los Angeles Times in 1944. [7] From 1956 to 1957 she studied post-polio patients at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital. She retired in 1972. [2] [8]
The fire broke out in an abandoned building at the site of the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey.
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In 1984, Judith Raymond was hired as executive director, and took over much of the work on the conferences and publications. In 1987, Raymond married D. Armin Fischer, MD, Chief of the Chest Medicine Service at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, California. 1989 conference. Joan Headley conferring with Gini Laurie. PHI archives.