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Can Meditation Help After Brain Injury?

Can Meditation Help After Brain Injury?

Meditation may hold some benefits for those with TBI, but currently there is not enough research on the ability of those affected by TBI to meditate or the impact of meditation on those with TBI, and the few published studies report different results, so its effectiveness remains to be proven.

Musical Healing for TBI and PTSD

Musical healing for TBI and PTSD

Music therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic application for the treatment of brain and psychological injuries such as TBI and PTSD. Substantial scientific evidence supports how and why music therapy works, but it also can be understood intuitively.

Long-Term Care Facility & Nursing Home Care After Severe Brain Injury

Long-Term Care Facility & Nursing Home Care After Severe Brain Injury

If your survivor is not yet ready for rehabilitation but no longer requires the special care of an acute hospital, your health insurer will no longer pay the hospital bill. In this situation, you have three options: pay the bill yourself if a bed is available, care for your patient at home or place your loved one in a long-term care facility, such as a nursing home, until they are ready for rehabilitation. Given that some nursing homes provide substandard care and most have little expertise in brain injury, this can be a chilling prospect.

Brain Injury Rehab: Questions to Ask

Brain Injury Rehab: Questions to Ask
Questions to ask about your loved one's rehabilitation program after a moderate to severe brain injury — questions about the rehab program and rehab team, the role of the family in rehab, addressing behavioral problems and cognitive impairments, paying bills, planning for discharge and daily life.

When Should Rehabilitation Begin After Brain Injury?

When Should Rehabilitation Begin After Brain Injury?

In an ideal world, rehabilitation begins as soon as the survivor is medically stable. No patient should be kept in an acute hospital setting or a nursing home any longer than necessary. Combining the brain’s natural healing process with rehabilitative therapy is crucial to the success of one’s recovery.

TBI 101: Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Basics

A brain injury can affect just about everything — including the way you walk, talk, and think. That's why there are a number of treatments available that attempt to restore the parts of life that have been affected by a brain injury.

TBI Recovery Support Program

TBI Recovery Support Program

DVBIC's TBI Recovery Support Program ensures that service members and their family is supported and connected to appropriate resources as they progress through the entire continuum of care to recovery.