| Abstract: | Discusses the range of services needed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation within the context of a services continuum owing to the nature of the recovery process. The TBI care continuum includes treatment during the following phases: injury onset, trauma center and emergency care, neurosurgery unit and acute hospitalization, coma stimulation, nursing home and long-term care programs, transitional living centers, day treatment and outpatient rehabilitation, supervised independent living center and support services, and vocational rehabilitation services. Obstacles to care continuity include funding concerns, lack of knowledge about TBI, the complex nature of TBI, and program accessibility issues. It is noted that major legislative, educational, and outreach efforts are under way to overcome these barriers to services provision. A comment by J. E. Sargent follows. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
