LEWISTON — The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International has accredited the Central Maine Rehabilitation Center in Lewiston, the Central Maine Medical Center’s inpatient acute rehabilitation center. It is the first hospital-based facility of its kind in Maine to earn CARF accreditation.

This three-year accreditation was granted to Central Maine Rehabilitation Center following a rigorous peer review process that included an on-site visit by a team of two industry peer surveyors.

The Central Maine Rehabilitation Center opened in 1981 and has provided services to improve functional independence to thousands of individuals coping with disabilities or loss of function due to illness or injury. The 13-bed unit offers comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation services to adults with a variety of conditions that have caused a loss of function in daily living activities, mobility, cognition, or communication.