Improving quality of life after a brain injury
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute's Brain Injury Clinic is an outpatient service designed to help people who have had a mild-to-moderate brain injury due to a head injury, stroke, non-progressive brain tumor, anoxia (lack of oxygen) or encephalitis .
Those who can benefit from our program are:
- two to three months post-injury
- independent in self-care activities
- able to participate in therapies without supervision
- living within a comfortable commute to our site in order to attend therapy consistently.
A major focus is helping people to improve work and school performance. We work closely with state vocational services and workers' compensation departments on evaluation, counseling,return-to-work or school preparation.
Treatment plan
A treatment plan is developed for each person's unique needs and goals. Patients typically attend therapy one to two times a week, for two to three months, with follow-up as needed.
The Brain Injury Clinic assists with:
- learning new strategies for thinking, communicating, concentrating and improving memory
- improving the ability to be organized and get things done
- enhancing self-esteem
- improving the ability to deal with stress
- dealing with personal feelings about the injury and resulting changes
- improving personal relationships
- assisting family members to understand and cope.
Brain injury treatment team
Patients work with an experienced multidisciplinary team
- Occupational therapists help patients learn ways to cope with attention, memory and organizational problems at home and work or in school environments.
- Speech-language pathologists work with patients on communication skills, including social interactions, verbal and written expression, and comprehension.
- Neuropsychologists provide an assessment of thinking abilities and emotional consequences of an individual's brain injury.
- Psychologists work with patients to achieve awareness, acceptance and adjustment to the effects of a brain injury.
Each patient also is assigned a case coordinator who serves as the primary contact and advocate during treatment. The care coordinator provides planning and coordination of therapies,periodic reviews of progress, correspondence, and serves as a liaison with the entire care team.
To make an appointment
or for more information, call 612-863-4105.