How To Get Help For A Traumatic Brain Injury

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1 Alcohol & Chemical Brain Boosters Case Management Consumer Resources Crisis Intervention Day Programs Disability Related Domestic Violence Driving Evaluation Education Financial Aid Health Related Housing Agencies Independent Living Legal Services Parenting & Family Post Acute Rehab Psych. Counseling Recreation Resources Special Populations Support Groups TBI Internet Transportation Vocational Services

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3 This chapter includes those facilities that are most often paid for by insurance: they offer very specialized and comprehensive services for people with TBI, but at a considerable cost. For a much more comprehensive and complete listing of these agencies, consult the National Directory of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services, published by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) (1/800/ ). This book is very useful for comparing and selecting services for people with TBI and we encourage you to consider purchasing it if you do much work with people with TBI. If you are a survivor or family member, you are invited to check for organizations in your area who can show it to you. The BIAA also has a flyer available on selecting and monitoring services, and we also encourage you to read this. Upon your request, the BIAA will mail you a list of publications they have available. It is important to remember that when these facilities are suggested (usually at hospital discharge or soon after), the insurance money that funds these services is usually limited. Perhaps some of the money that would be paid to these facilities could be better spent further down the line, when the person with the TBI needs funds for education or work training. Those who run the for-profit facilities refer to the recovery curve which flattens as time passes; they say that the most benefit for the person can be realized when the most effort and resources are expended as close to the time of injury as possible. Most significant changes in functioning do occur shortly after the injury, but improvement continues, albeit more slowly, often forever. Remember, if there is a cap on insurance policy benefits, you (the survivor, the caregiver, or the concerned professional) should have some input into the spending of the settlement money. Centre For Neuro Skills 661/ / Mt. Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, CA Website: < Rehabilitation facility for TBI. Inpatient and outpatient programs. Florida Institute For Neurologic Rehabilitation, Inc. 800/ / Vandolah Road Wauchula, FL Website: < Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory 17-1

4 Gentiva - Rehab Without Walls San Jose Agency 408/ FAX: 408/ Moorpark Avenue, Suite 112 San Jose, CA Website: < Home-based neurorehabilitation. Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital 415/ FAX: 415/ Sir Francis Drake Boulevard Kentfield, CA Website: < Inpatient and outpatient services. Learning Services At Gilroy 408/ FAX: 408/ DeBruin Way Gilroy, CA Website: < Learning Services 919/ Morehead Avenue Durham, NC Learning Services 303/ West Hampden Avenue Lakewood, CO Learning Services 760/ Bear Valley Parkway Escondido, CA TBI Model System at SCVMC

5 Learning Services Corporate Offices 919/ FAX: 919/ /888-REHAB 707 Moorhead Avenue Durham, NC Modesto Hospital 209/ th Street Modesto, CA Neurological programs for people with brain injury or stroke that may require physical, occupational, speech and recreation therapy, as well as cognitive therapy. Neurobehavioral Cognitive Services 707/ FAX: 707/ PO Box 339 Dixon, CA Brain injury rehabilitation. Pacifica Nursing & Rehab Center 650/ FAX: 650/ Esplanade Pacifica, CA Rehab services on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Rehabilitation Services Of Northern California 925/ Mt. Diablo Facility 490 Golf Club Road Pleasant Hill, CA Adult day health care. Vocational services. Alzheimer s respite care. Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory 17-3

6 ResCare Premier 800/ (US) 800/ (Canada) Web Site: < Locations in Ft. Lauderdale FL, Downers Grove IL, Altoona IA, Milan MI, St Louis MO, Sedalia MO, San Marcos TX, Niagra-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada. San Jose State University Kay Armstead Center for Communication Disorders 408/ FAX: 408/ Washington Square San Jose, CA Website: < Sliding scale available for all services. Speech, language and hearing evaluations: $200. Audiology evaluations: $60. Individual therapy: $360 per semester. Group therapy: $100 per semester. San Jose State University Occupational Therapy Clinic 408/ Washington Square San Jose, CA Occupational therapy for any physical or psychological disability. Self-referral or MD referral. $100 per semester (or sliding scale). Twice a week, 1 hour 15 minutes of therapy, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 to 2:45 pm. Sierra Gates Of Sacramento 916/ FAX: 916/ Sierra Ponds Lane Granite Bay, CA Solutions At Santa Barbara 805/ FAX: 805/ N. Patterson Avenue Santa Barbara, CA TBI Model System at SCVMC

7 Sotoyome Campus 707/ Sotoyome Street Santa Rosa, CA St. Mary's Medical Center 415/ Stanyan Street San Francisco, CA Sub-Acute Saratoga Hospital 408/ Sousa Lane Saratoga, CA Website: < Transitions 408/ FAX: 408/ Gilroy, CA Monterey Street They offer Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy, as well as the services of clinical social workers, registered nursing, physiatry (specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation), neurology, and other specialists. Their services include cognitive retraining, computer assisted therapy and community resource referrals. Winways 714/ FAX: 714/ Santiago Canyon Road Orange, CA Transitional living center for TBI. Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy. Vocational program. Day and residential programs. Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Directory 17-5

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