Barlow Respiratory Hospital is a national leader in weaning chronically critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation. We are the only not-for-profit long-term care hospital in California and the destination of choice for medically complex and chronically critically ill patients referred to us from intensive or critical care units at the finest hospitals in California. Our interdisciplinary teams include board certified physicians, registered nurses and licensed therapists.
We work together to provide individualized care and treatment for each of our patients. Our goal is to achieve the best possible outcomes to recover and return home or discharge to lower levels of care.
Our legacy of care is built upon more than one hundred years of service. We were founded in 1902 and are dedicated to achieving the best outcomes for quality of life.
Our published TIPS© protocol is recognized nationwide and abroad, serving as a template for “best practice” models for weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation.
Our future is dedicated to continued development of innovative, state of the art methods of care for medically complex patients for generations to come.
Barlow Respiratory Hospital is recognized for the continued success of our Ventilator Weaning Program. We consistently wean more than 50% of mechanically ventilated patients each year while maintaining the number of days to wean at less than two weeks. That means patients are able to breathe on their own again, and able to return home to loved ones, sooner.
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For more than a century, Barlow Respiratory Hospital has specialized in caring exclusively for patients with respiratory illness and complex medical conditions. Our Master Plan to ReBuild Barlow reflects a significant rethinking of how to support the life-saving care provided to patients served by Barlow.
We invite you to support the Campaign to ReBuild Barlow to strengthen and sustain the hospital and to provide uninterrupted specialty care throughout each step of this multi-phased plan.
At Barlow Respiratory Hospital, we focus on successful patient outcomes with a commitment to clinical quality and continuum of care.
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