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Primary (Acute)
Rehabilitation Resources
GENERAL
RESOURCES
We continue to seek out resources of all kinds. If you know of additional
resources, please contact us.
Guide
to Selecting and Monitoring Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services
- A detailed guide of the process to follow and the questions to ask.
(You may choose to download the PDF file in either English or Spanish.)
Head
and Brain Injuries - Great information from the National Institutes
of Health (some available in Spanish)
Neurological
Rehabilitation - An overview of the team, goals and process
TBI
Rehab Bibliography - A compresensive bibliography on many aspects
of TBI rehabilitation, for those of you wanting to research.
Tips
for Recovery - article from the Center for Disease Control
Información
Acerca de la Lesión Cerebral Leve - en Espanol (PDF)
Rehabilitation
Theories and Methodologies
Rehabilitation
Options - a
nice, short list of different approaches to rehab
Cognitive
Rehabilitation for TBI in Adults -
a Blue Cross Blue Shield study & evaluation of this method
"Constraint-Induced"
(CI) Treatment for Paralysis - a method of encouraging the use
of a weakened or paralyzed limb by constraining the higher-functioning
limb.
The
Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems - leading-edge
hospitals in brain injury care and recovery
TBI
Rehabilitation Overview (PDF File) - a nice overview of TBI and
the rehabilitation process
Overview
of Rehabilitation - nice overview of the different types of rehab
services and when they might be appropriate. (Not TBI-specific)
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.
These links are
for informational use, and do not represent an endorsement.
Local Resources
We continue
ALABAMA
Birmingham - University
of Alabama TBI System (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
Delray Beach - Pinecrest
Rehabilitation Hospital
Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital is a 90-bed CARF1 and JCAHO2-accredited
rehabilitation hospital. The Brain Injury Program is dedicated to providing
an optimal rehabilitation environment where individuals can achieve a
maximal level of functional independence in physical, psychosocial and
cognitive activities. The program is designed to provide a comprehensive
and customized treatment program based on the Rehabilitation Team's assessment
of the individual's medical, physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioral
status. The Brain Injury Program provides interdisciplinary rehabilitation
services which stress an individualized approach on an inpatient basis.
Family participation
is critical to an individual's recovery; family members and significant
others are encouraged to become involved right from the start.
Gainesville - Shands
Rehabilitation Hospital
Brain injury may be caused by head trauma from an accident or by various
medical events such as infection, or temporary interruptions of the brain's
oxygen supply. Our team of experts focus on the specific needs of individual
patients. Patients and families are actively included in the goal-setting
process. Family members are taught the steps in the patient’s recovery
and their role in the care of the brain-injured patient. The team works
closely with the Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Program to assure that
all resources available to the patient are explored and appropriate aftercare
is established.
Jacksonville -
Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital is a 143-bed, freestanding, not-for-profit
hospital dedicated to treating patients with brain injury, strokes, spinal
cord injury, comprehensive orthopedic problems and other disabling conditions.
Brooks has more than 30 years experience dedicated exclusively to comprehensive
rehabilitation care.
Accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
and CARF, the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, Brooks is Northeast
Florida's only State-designated treatment facility for brain and spinal
cord injury for children and adults and is considered to be one of the
finest rehabilitation facilities in the country. Most of Brooks' attending
physicians specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation, also called
Physiatry. A continuum of care is available to the patient after discharge
through the extensive network of conveniently located Brooks outpatient
clinics.
Melbourne - HealthSouth
Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital
Early rehabilitation is critical to help patients achieve
their fullest potential after brain injury. HealthSouth has established
a rehabilitation program that helps patients achieve and maximize functional
and cognitive recovery following a brain injury. The program enables patients
to become more self-sufficient and understand how to avoid future health
problems. (407) 984-4600
Miami - HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami
Early rehabilitation is critical to help patients achieve
their fullest potential after brain injury. HealthSouth has established
a rehabilitation program that helps patients achieve and maximize functional
and cognitive recovery following a brain injury. The program enables patients
to become more self-sufficient and understand how to avoid future health
problems. (305) 251-3800
Miami - Jackson
Memorial Rehabilitation Center
Responding to a growing need in the community, Jackson Memorial Hospital
developed a specialized Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) program in 1984.
The Jackson Memorial team has achieved a high level of professional expertise
in this challenging field.
Patients and their
families are closely involved in the evaluation and treatment planning
to determine the direction of their program. Personal goals, concerns,
and treatment preferences are included in the planning process.
Throughout the rehabilitation
program, patients with traumatic brain injury become as independent as
possible in mobility and self-care activities. Advanced technology tools
are used to address any problems with speech, reading comprehension and
other language disorders. For some patients, group therapy may be utilized
to overcome cognitive deficits and develop compensatory strategies.
Education is an essential
part of Jackson’s rehabilitation program. Patients and caregivers
receive extensive information about an individual’s condition, expected
outcomes, and resources for short- or long-term support. Education classes
and support groups allow family members to learn, share their feelings,
and find solutions to common problems.
Jackson’s TBI
Rehabilitation program assists with the community re-entry process. The
professional team provides patients with opportunities to practice learned
skills in real-life supervised situations, supported by staff experienced
in the special challenges encountered by TBI patients. Therapists conduct
home visits, when appropriate, to recommend modifications for accessibility.
Patients receive follow-up rehabilitation and support services in an outpatient
setting.
Orlando - Brain
Injury Resource Center (BIRC) at Lucerne Hospital
The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center (BIRC) treats patients
affected by traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accidents and other
nervous system disorders. The goal at BIRC is to restore patients to their
highest level of functioning.BIRC
provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services
including cognitive rehabilitation for adult and adolescent patients.
Pensacola - West
Florida Healthcare Rehabilitation Institute
The Brain Injury Program is designed to administer treatment
to head injured patients at levels three and higher as measured by the
Ranchos Los Amigos Cognitive Functioning Scale. A team of rehabilitation
experts works with each patient throughout evaluation and treatment. Brain
injured patients reside in a separate wing on the rehabilitation nursing
unit. Each day begins with a feeding and dressing skills program. Team
members also work with each patient in various therapies and activities
including ambulation, visual perception training, cognitive retraining,
and recreational activities. Most activities take place in the treatment
area which enables the team to work with each patient in a quiet, non-distracting
atmosphere. Brain injury rehabilitation programs include physical therapy,
occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, social work/case management,
rehabilitation nursing, therapeutic recreation, adaptive aquatics, pulmonary
rehabilitation, neuropsychological assessment, psychological counseling,
and vocational rehabilitation.
St. Petersburg - Bayfront
Medical Center
The Comprehensive
Inpatient program and the Comprehensive Brain Injury Program are accredited
by the Commission Accreditation on Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Bayfront
Rehabilitation programs are led by a medical director, and serve persons
whose goal is to return to the community. Patients receive a minimum of
three hours of therapeutic services daily. An interdisciplinary team develops
and provides services outlined in an individualized treatment plan. Bayfront
Rehabilitation Center provides education and training for patients, families,
or caregivers throughout the duration of the inpatient treatment.
Tallahassee - HealthSouth
Rehabilitation Hospital of Tallahassee
Early rehabilitation is critical to help patients achieve
their fullest potential after brain injury. HealthSouth has established
a rehabilitation program that helps patients achieve and maximize functional
and cognitive recovery following a brain injury. The program enables patients
to become more self-sufficient and understand how to avoid future health
problems.
(850) 656-4800
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.
Winter Haven - Winter
Haven Hospital - Joy
Fuller Rehab Center
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 Joy-Fuller Rehabilitation
Center is a 24-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, located on the seventh
floor of Winter Haven Hospital. Services are provided through an interdisciplinary
team of professionals, depending on the individual needs of the patient,
including: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language
Pathology, Neuropsychology, Social Work Services, Care Coordination Services,
Therapeutic Recreation, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, while
providing Rehabilitation Nursing twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
week.
GEORGIA
Atlanta - Walton
Rehabilitation Hospital
"Walton's Brain Injury Team works to educate the client
and family about what is happening to the client and help to make them
an integral part of the healing process. Walton's Brain Injury Services
extends throughout clients' lives, with a range of services designed to
meet lifelong needs."
Atlanta - Walton
West Transitional Living Facility
"The Walton West Transitional Living Center (TLC)
houses a post-acute rehabilitation program for people who have sustained
a brain injury. Walton West features specialized rehabilitation to help
return clients to living independently in the shortest time possible and
in a cost effective manner."
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
St. Louis - Washington
University School of Medicine
"The Stroke and Brain Injury Rehabilitation services
share a 34 bed inpatient rehabilitation unit, including an eight bed structured
care unit. Each service is staffed by a group of clinicans experienced
in the managment of these conditions."
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque - Carrie
Tingley Hospital - TBI Program for Children and Young Adults
"Carrie Tingley Hospital provides specialized care
for children and young adults with physical and/or cognitive disabilities
or chronic medical problems. A program designed especially for children
with brain injuries is offered at Carrie Tingley Hospital for children
and adolescents up to age 21. "
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."
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia - Drucker
Brain Injury Center at MossRehab
"For its achievements in rehabilitation, MossRehab
has repeatedly been recognized as one of the "Best Hospitals in America"
by U.S.News & World Report. MossRehab has also been awarded a federal
grant to establish a regional Model System of Care for traumatic brain
injury, with the goal of further improving care."
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
TEXAS
Texas
Rehabilitation Commission - Information
about accessing comprehensive rehabilitation services
Houston - The
Methodist Hospital Rehabilitation Center
"The primary goal is to assist each patient to become
medically, psychologically, socially, and vocationally independent. The
Rehabilitation Center offers a full range of rehabilitation services for
patients."
Utah
Vermont
VIRGINIA
Richmond - Hunter
McGuire VA Medical Center
"The DVHIP Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at
the Hunter McGurie VA Medical Center (VAMV) specializes in acute rehabilitation
of individuals with brain injury.The goal of this program is to facilitate
neurologic and functional recovery of individuals with brain injury in
order maximize physical, psychosocial and vocational independence."
Washington
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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