title: Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, the programs applied in French UEROS units, and the specificity of the Limoges experience.
abstract: First created in 1996, the French evaluation, retraining, social and vocational orientation units (UEROS) now play a fundamental role in the social and vocational rehabilitation of patients with brain injury. As of today, there exist 30 UEROS centers in France. While their care and treatment objectives are shared, their means of assessment and retraining differ according to the experience of each one. The objective of this article is to describe the specific programs and the different tools put to work in the UEROS of Limoges. The UEROS of Limoges would appear to offer a form of holistic rehabilitation management characterized by the importance of psycho-education and its type of approach towards vocational reintegration.
authors.affiliation: Pôle Neuro-Sciences tête et cou, Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, Hôpital J.-Rebeyrol, CHU de Limoges, Avenue du Buisson, 87042 Limoges Cedex, France. juliahamonet@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamonet-Torny
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fayol
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carrière
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dumond
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003142:Communication; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D058992:Social Participation