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Ongoing TBI Rehabilitation
Resources
General
Resources
We continue to seek out resources of all kinds. If you know of additional
resources, please contact us.
Tips
for Recovery - article from the Center for Disease Control
Información
Acerca de la Lesión Cerebral Leve - en Espanol (PDF)
Local Resources
We continue to search for resources nationwide. If a state listed below
does not have a link, then we have not yet discovered local resources
in that state. If you know of additional resources, please contact us.
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ALABAMA
Birmingham - University
of Alabama TBI Model System
"The Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) Traumatic Brain
Injury clinic serves individuals who have had a traumatic brain injury
(TBI) by providing a full range of rehabilitative services that include:
medical evaluations, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social services,
psychological evaluation and counseling."
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
CALIFORNIA
Loma Linda - Loma
Linda University TBI Program
"The Traumatic Brain Injury Program is designed to
provide you with a comprehensive clinical program that will challenge
you in your rehabilitation goal -- to be independent in your community,
work environment and home. The Traumatic Brain Injury Program consists
of the blending of intensive one-on-one sessions with your therapists
and the utilization of group therapy sessions."
Santa Clara - Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center (Model System)
"This designated Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Program treats
people with traumatic brain injuries and less extensive brain injuries,
as well as neurological diseases. The services offered are structured
to meet the individual patient's needs, from initial trauma, through medical
and physical rehabilitation, behavioral retraining and on to community
re-entry."
COLRADO
Englewood - Craig
Hospital (Model System)
"Craig Hospital is exclusively dedicated to the specialty
rehabilitation and research for patients with spinal cord injury and traumatic
brain injury. Craig has been rated every year in the Top Ten Rehabilitation
Hospitals by US News and World Report since the ratings began fourteen
years ago."
Connecticut
Delaware
FLORIDA
Tampa - Tampa
General Rehabilitation Center
From the critical moment you enter the hospital the process
of recovery begins. Rehabilitation spans the full medical continuum, with
services provided in the intensive care unit and followed through an individual’s
return to home and community. Members of our rehabilitation team are there
every step of the way, providing medical, therapeutic and case management
services. Such early intervention allows a smooth and successful transition
through all phases of rehabilitation. Our location on the campus of TGH
provides easy access to state-of-the-art medical care, bridging the gap
between rehabilitation and the highly specialized medical and diagnostic
needs of our patients.
Wauchula - Florida
Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation
The Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation provides
a safe, structured therapeutic environment in which to teach self-control
and alternative, more successful behaviors. Our Neurobehavioral Rehabilitation
program is designed to prepare people with Neurologic impairments for
community integration, where newly learned behaviors and self-control
techniques can be generalized to community and vocational environments.
Winter Haven - Winter
Haven Hospital - Outpatient
Program
Rehabilitation Services of Winter Haven Hospital has Inpatient
and Outpatient Rehabilitation programs to care for members of our Polk
County community. From back injuries to brain injuries, there are services
available to help with recovery. At both locations, the Winter Haven Hospital
Rehabilitation Services staff is experienced, specially trained, and dedicated
to providing hands-on care to assist persons with increased participation
in their environment of choice.
The services provided
for the brain-injured patient include Occupational, Physical and Speech
therapies, Neuropyschology/counseling and when appropriate Vocational
services. The program employs an RN/Case Manager and a Social Worker to
assist with medication education and connecting with community resources
for the patient and family.
Our facility is an
outpatient setting that is accessible to the public and is open Monday
through Friday from 8 to 5:30 PM. Our patients have been discharged from
an inpatient or home health system of care and are able to physically
access an outpatient center. The majority of our patients remain in their
home environment of choice and travel to the Center by car or public transport.
The Social Worker may assist in finding Independent Living situations
for those who choose them.
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
MAINE
TBI
Resource Guide for Maine
Brain
Injury Association of Maine
Links to
education, training and employment programs
Bangor - Maine
Center for Integrated Rehabilitation
"Maine Center for Integrated Rehabilitation (MCIR)
is Maine's leading Outpatient Rehabilitation facility specializing in
the treatment of brain injury. Offering a comprehensive treatment program,
MCIR provides the highest quality of outpatient rehab for adult orthopedic
clients and for many other diagnoses. CARF, the Rehabilitation Accreditation
Commission, has accredited with commendation, our Brain Injury Community
Integrative Adult Program."
Kennebunk - River
Ridge Center
As one of only four free-standing facilities in the nation devoted to
the care of people with acquired brain injury, RiverRidge offers an environment
of expertise, compassion and respect for the individual. To meet the needs
of our clients, we have an extensive clinical staff, including physicians,
case managers, therapists and nurses all specially trained to help people
with acquired brain injury make the most of their recovery.
RiverRidge is committed
to providing treatment and rehabilitation services to individuals with
acquired brain injury so that they may return to their homes and communities
at their highest level of functioning. Our approach is to help clients
recover their physical, communicative and cognitive abilities, emphasizing
a renewed sense of accomplishment, self-esteem and control.
Portland - Goodwill
Industries of Northern New England (GINNE)
"At Goodwill's NeuroRehabilitation Services, we offer
the most comprehensive, therapeutic programs in the state. Our Portland
and Lewiston programs treat people with brain injuries and neurological
disabilities."
Portland - New
England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland
New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland's Brain Injury Program
provides comprehensive acute inpatient and outpatient services to patients
with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries. Goals: This program provides
patients/families with the skills they need to: Progress
from hospital to home, work, or school, Adjust to changes caused by their
injury, and Resume an active social life
MARYLAND
Baltimore - Kennedy
Kreiger Institute (Children)
"This clinic provides comprehensive rehabilitation
evaluation, treatment and follow up for children and adolescents with
a variety of general rehabilitation needs. Special expertise is available
in the areas of traumatic brain injury, other acquired brain injuries
(e.g. due to infections, strokes, etc), spinal cord injury, transverse
myelitis and chronic graft vs. host disease."
MASSACHUSETTES
Boston - Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital (Model System)
"The experienced clinicians in our brain injury program
treat individuals rehabilitating from open and closed Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI), anoxic or hypoxic encephalopathy, and aneurysms, as well
as coma-level and coma-emerging patients. These patients need intensive
rehabilitation to confront major physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges.
The TBI
team manages an individual’s progress through all phases of the rehabilitation
process."
MICHIGAN
Detroit - Detroit
Medical Center Rehabilitation Services
"Each DMC hospital and 15 additional outpatient locations
throughout southeast Michigan, offers the widest range of rehabilitation
and physical medicine services available. At the center of rehabilitation
services is the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, the state's oldest
and largest hospital solely dedicated to rehabilitation medicine."
Detroit - Rehabilitation
Institute of Michigan (Inpatient)
(Specialty)
"Recognized as
a national leader in the treatment of traumatic and non-traumatic brain
injuries, the brain injury service at Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
(RIM) was the first program of its kind established in the Midwest and
has been helping people rebuild their lives since 1979. Today, RIM treats
more brain injury patients than any other program in the state."
(Outpatient services available at multiple locations)
MINNESOTA
Rochester - Mayo
Clinic Brain Injury Programs
"Mayo Clinic offers several programs with a single
goal -- to help people with brain injury live as independently as possible
within their family and community. Through several specialized programs,
people with brain injury may gain the skills needed to rebuild their lives."
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte - Charlotte
Institute of Rehabilitation
"CIR provides a system of services to meet the rehabilitation
needs of individuals disabled by spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke,
cancer, and other traumatic and nontraumatic injuries and diseases. Besides
offering specialized, individualized care, CIR is also a teaching facility.
With one of the largest physiatric medical staffs in the Southeast, CIR
is also involved in significant rehabilitation research."
Durham - Duke
Health Neurological Rehabilitation Services
"Our Physical and Occupational Therapists specialize
in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of individuals with a variety
of neuromuscular disorders and diseases who may have limitations... Physical
and Occupational Therapy services require a referral and prescription
from your primary care physician or specialist."
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
TEXAS
Texas
Rehabilitation Commission - Information
about accessing comprehensive rehabilitation services
Galveston - Transitional
Learning Center at Galveston
"TLC has earned a reputation as being not only a pioneer,
but a leader in its field. Innovative clinical research is integrated
into treatment where appropriate. TLC's program provides a full continuum
of services for persons who have suffered a brain injury and have completed
the acute phase of care."
UTAH
Salt Lake City - University
of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
"Patients with disability from many causes such as
spinal cord injury, brain injury, amputations, multiple trauma, stroke,
cardiac disorders, pulmonary disorders, cancer, burns, industrial injuries,
sports injuries, arthritis, and neuropathies are evaluated upon referral.
A program of appropriate rehabilitation therapies is provided to decrease
disability, increase function and return the patient to the community
to function as independently as possible."
Vermont
Virginia
WASHINGTON
Kirkland - Evergreen
Healthcare
"Evergreen Head Injury and Rehabilitation Center services
are designed to meet the needs of individuals who have sustained a traumatic
brain injury or have any type of neurological disorder. Individuals accepted
into the program must be medically stable and able to participate in services
delivered in an outpatient setting."
Washington DC
West Virginia
WISCONSIN
Statewide
Rehabilitation Facilities - links to inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute
and day treatment programs across the state
Statewide
Residential Programs - links to housing and other programs across
the state
Statewide
Community Resources - links to all kinds of community support programs
across the state
Support
Groups - links to brain injury support groups across the state
Wyoming
INTERNATIONAL
Australia
Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW..
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney, Ryde, NSW.
Canada
Saskatchewan - Provincial
Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Support Program
"The Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Outreach Team
provides individual and family support to people of all ages with acquired
brain injury so that they may live in their communities with improved
quality of life."
Great Britain
London - National
Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
"The main site at Queen Square contains some of the
most up-to-date inpatient and outpatient facilities, providing a complete
range of diagnostic and treatment services for patients with neurological
problems. In addition, the Hospital offers a pioneering, patient-focused
neuro-rehabilitation service."
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