The interdisciplinary rehab team assist patients and families in learning skills to handle care at home. Below is a list of topics that we discuss with caregivers and patients during education classes.

Nursing Issues

• Respiratory System Effects and Interventions
• Maintain Nutritional Status
• Circulation, Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Bowel Retraining
• Bladder Retraining
• Skin Care
• Medications
• Seizures
• Maintain Safety
• Heterotrophic Ossification (HO)
• Alteration in Temperature Regulation
• Alteration in sight, hearing, smelling, touch, and taste sensation
• Role of PT after a Brain Injury
• Dressing for success: the role of OT after a Brain Injury
• Role of ST after a Brain injury
• Discharge Planning

Nutrition

• Ways brain injury can affect nutrition
• How nutritional needs are determined and met

Cognitive and Behavioral Changes

• What happens in a brain injury?
• The path of improvement after an injury.
• What determines what cognitive deficits occur?
• How do people act differently after a brain injury?
• What can be done following discharge from rehab?

Coping Strategies for Families

• Denial
• Anger
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Agitation
• Impulsivity
• Disinhibition
• Blunted Affect
• Sexual Issues
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Each rehabilitation discipline will educate the individual and family members on the specific therapy and exercise that pertain to the patients needs.

• Support Groups
• Recreation
• Peer Mentoring Program