The inpatient program serves individuals 18 years and older who have sustained a brain injury and are in need of specialized rehabilitation. The brain injury unit is secured for patients with confusion and behavioral issues to allow for increased independence while ensuring patient safety.  Intensive therapy is provided on a 1:1 basis with occasional Specialty Groups  to meet patient needs.  Patients participate in treatment seven days a week.  In addition we provide extensive family education to assist in making appropriate decisions about patient care and discharge options.

Our goals are to assist people at the early stages of recovery including:

• Increasing independence for activities of daily living
• Improving cognitive and memory deficits for patient safety
• Evaluating swallowing function for return to regular diet
• Improving physical abilities for sitting, standing, transfers and walking
• Providing toileting schedules to manage incontinence
• Managing difficult behaviors 
• Educating families to make medical and discharge decisions
• Training families to manage patients after discharge

Multidisciplinary Team Members are: Attending Physician  Resident Physician  Neuropsychologist  Rehabilitation Nurse  Social Worker  Speech Language Pathologist  Occupational Therapist  Physical therapist Therapeutic Recreation

Methods of Team and Family Communication include: Daily Rounds  Weekly Patient Care Conferences  Behavior Rounds  Initial Family Interview  Patient Updates  Family Conferences  Family Observation  Family Training

Swallowing Group Therapy
Swallowing Group therapy occurs weekdays at 8:30am.  A Speech Language Pathologist will focus on swallowing disorders and use of strategies to improve safety during a meal.

Sensory Motor Group Therapy
Sensory Motor Group therapy runs weekdays in the afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m., supervised by Occupational, Physical and Recreation therapists, targeting both physical and cognitive deficits.

Cognitive and Communication Groups
Cognitive and Communication Groups are run periodically by the Speech-language Pathologists to target orientation, memory, social interaction, speech/language, and thinking skills.