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Brain Injury

Brain Injury Is a Chronic Condition: Here’s What You Need to Know

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In the past, brain injury was viewed as an acute medical event. The common belief was that recovery occurred within a relatively brief window following the injury. After that, healthcare professionals assumed the person had reached a stable recovery endpoint. Research and the lived experiences of many brain injury survivors tell a very different story. Scientists, clinicians, and leading brain injury organizations are increasingly recognizing that brain injury is a chronic condition rather than a single medical event.

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Case Management

Case Management: How to Make Better Care Plans Using Neuroscience

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A care plan can be carefully designed and clinically sound and still prove ineffective if it doesn’t meet the client where they are. A person’s ability to engage is influenced by the current state of their brain and nervous system, as well as pain, fatigue, stress, trauma, cognitive demands, relationships, environment, and competing pressures. Neuroscience-informed

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This Is How Neuroplasticity Supports Brain Injury Recovery

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Key Takeaways For most of modern medical history, scientists believed that, other than growth periods in childhood, the human brain was fixed by adulthood. If your brain was damaged, the chances for recovery were limited. People who experienced a stroke, brain injury, or other neurological event or condition were often advised that they would improve

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Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries Need Specialized Proven Rehabilitation

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The words “home health” and “in-home rehabilitation” sound like they mean similar things.  But they don’t.  Choosing the wrong service can slow recovery, create gaps in care, and increase the risk of setbacks after discharge. Choosing the right combination can protect progress and support long-term independence.  For physicians, case managers, attorneys, insurers, and hospital leaders, this distinction directly

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Re-discovering Quality of Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury

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RE-DISCOVERING QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CHRISTINE BARANDA WEAVER, MAS, OTR/L, CLCP, C/NDT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem resulting in the death and disabilities of young and productive people. Though the mortality of TBI has decreased substantially in recent years the disability due to TBI has not

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Aging in Place and Brain Injury

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  Aging in Place and Brain Injury, A Convergence of Disabilities   CHRISTINE BARANDA WEAVER, MAS, OTR/L, CLCP, CBIS   Aging represents the accumulation of changes over time encompassing physical, psychological, and social changes. It is the greatest known risk factor for most human diseases.   According to the Population Reference Bureau report in January

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