January 10, 2018
Mild Brain Injury Defined It is considered a mild brain injury when a patient has any of the following: Loss of consciousness Any loss of memory for events immediately before or after the trauma Any alteration in mental state at the time of the trauma including feeling dazed, disoriented or confused Focal neuro deficits that […]
January 10, 2018
The initial prognosis was grim. Nancy Seger, who was 57 at the time of her accident, would be wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life. In the back of her mind, however, she didn’t believe it. Fiercely determined and full of life, Nancy always had a goal of returning to independence, even when things seemed […]
January 10, 2018
Many times patients teach our therapists a thing or two. In this particular case, the entire treatment team got a lesson in respecting a patient’s goals – however unrealistic they may appear – and never underestimating a patient’s willpower (especially if she is a 13-year old girl on a mission). Background On the way to […]
January 10, 2018
Ken Sinclair, a flight attendant instructor for Mesa Airlines, sustained a stroke. Not only was he paralyzed on his right side, but he had also lost the ability to speak. He went through an 11-month course of rehabilitation with Rehab Without Walls, and with the team’s help and support of his wife, Mae Levine Sinclair, […]
January 10, 2018
Although we say Rehab Without Walls® NeuroSolutions provides neurorehabilitation, in truth we offer a more encompassing kind of treatment – something we like to call patient-centered rehabilitation. What does this mean? In essence, it means that we focus on obtaining meaningful results that allow the patients to live as independently as possible with a high […]
January 10, 2018
Today we talk with Jodie Sakaris, L.C.S.W., who has been a social worker for 13 years. She worked for three years at Rehab Without Walls home and community-based program and we are discussing the value of social workers on the clinical treatment team and how they help create the right psychosocial environment for rehabilitation to […]
