Rehabilitation of the severely brain-injured patient: a community-based, low-cost model program.
Survival from severe traumatic head injury requires long-term, comprehensive rehabilitation services. While acute, hospital-based rehabilitation services are becoming plentiful, low-cost community educational and socialization services are still rare. Cognitive impairments and behavioral disinhibitions frequently are so severe that traditional community agencies cannot effectively serve them. A unique low-cost program model has been developed and successfully implemented to prepare the most severely head injured for more traditional programs. Individualized programming is provided in a highly structured social setting by a professional teacher and many trained volunteers.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002140:California; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological