Patients
are all different. Some can be helped with rehabilitation and some
can't.
Some patients do NOT need hospitalization while others do. Rehab can be
inpatient or outpatient. Most patients are left to put together their
own
recovery program. With the skills deficit they may have from the head
injury,
it is a difficult task. A support system is crucial. Job performance
&
daily living becomes so difficult that the patient is confused as to
why
they are having difficulties.
When looking
for an appropriate program, ask the doctor's opinion. Contact the Brain
Injury Association in your area for help. Speak to families that have
used
some of the programs available in your area. Talk to your insurance
company
for a referral. Try to find a program with a 'team' instead of a 'one
on
one' approach. Try to find a program offerering all of the services the
patient needs instead of a partial program. This process may take up to
three or four months to have an appropriate program.
Always have
a loving and supportive person help with the decisions. Although a
patient
feels they can make decisions on their own, there are times they are
not
truly reasonable and need a trusting individual to assist them.
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