Brain Injury Program

Recovery after traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries

A brain injury can significantly affect your daily life. To help you recover, St. Luke’s Brain Injury Program provides comprehensive rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries. These injuries can happen as a result of many different situations including motor vehicle accidents, blunt trauma, anoxia and meningitis. A wide range of symptoms can come with a brain injury, including:

• Decreased balance/instability
• Muscle weakness or paralysis
• Visual perceptual problems
• Speech and language difficulties
• Memory loss and cognitive deficits
• Difficulties with social interaction and behavior problems
• Loss of bowel and bladder function
• Swallowing difficulty
• Depression

St. Luke's Brain Injury Program also offers:

• Intense therapy provided by our multidisciplinary team
• Medical management, including diagnostics and treatment
• Health management, including nutrition, skin, bowel and bladder problems, and self-medication administration programs
• Mobility training
• Activities of daily living training (bathing, grooming, eating, cooking, etc.)
• Adaptive equipment assessments
• Behavior modification program
• Structured group therapy focusing on appropriate social skills
• Cognitive retraining (memory, problem solving, reasoning, etc.)
• Psychological support for patient and family
• Leisure activities and education
• Community reentry
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Patient and family education
• Assistance with discharge planning

For more information and admission questions, contact St. Luke's Case Coordinator at 218.249.5351.