The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis offers a comprehensive brain injury rehabilitation program dedicated to providing the quality care necessary for maximum recovery following traumatic brain injury. Brain injury rehabilitation is an intricate and challenging process that requires a multidisciplinary approach to help patients regain the highest possible level of independence.
- Provide a quality rehabilitation program based on individual and family needs
- Restore the patient's abilities to his/her maximum level of function
- Educate the patient and family on brain injury and the rehabilitation process
- Provide ongoing psychosocial support in a therapeutic environment
- Provide follow-up and referral to other resources to support the patient's continued recovery
- Dedicated brain injury unit
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Follow-up evaluation
- Referral to other programs or facilities that might assist with continued recovery
- Family education and training
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Program Phases
The rehabilitation program is divided into three levels:
Acute Rehabilitation —
An intensive physical, cognitive and psychosocial rehabilitation based on a comprehensive evaluation and geared toward a functional lifestyle, behavioral management and community re-entry
Day Treatment —
An intensive interdisciplinary therapy program that can stand alone or be used as a step down from inpatient care for patients who do not (or no longer) need 24-hour nursing care
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Individualized, highly specific treatment designed to continue the patient's progress toward maximum independence
To meet the wide-ranging needs of brain injury patients, The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis has assembled a team of rehabilitation professionals with the ability to pinpoint specific needs and set goals in order to maximize recovery. Directed by a physiatrist, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, this team may include the following:
- Rehabilitation nurse
- Neuropsychologist -- as needed
- Case manager
- Speech / Language pathologist
- Occupational therapist
- Physical therapist
- Recreational therapist
- Respiratory therapist -- as needed
- Nutritionist -- as needed
Patients are accepted to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program by physician referral, and services are provided without regard to the patient's age, sex, color, race, national origin, creed or disability. All patients must be medically stable.
Rehabilitative services are covered under most major health insurance plans at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis.
For more information about the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program or to make a referral, please call 314 / 658-3900.
