For individuals finding it difficult or impossible to live independently after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), or other neurologic, catastrophic or challenging diagnosis, including those...
Continue Reading »You may not be familiar with RIC-FAS, but we at NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida certainly are. That’s because NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is the pre-eminent post-acute rehabilitation facility in Florida. We render innovative, clinically relevant post-acute rehabilitation to individuals who have sustained a variety of catastrophic injuries. The injuries include: Traumatic […]
Continue ReadingAs we have discussed in a prior blog, the spine is of paramount importance to the physical independence of individuals. When a catastrophic injury, trauma, or multiple traumas result in a spinal cord injury (SCI), all manner of disabilities can result. Expert acute care must immediately be rendered. Thereafter and once the individual has been […]
Continue ReadingGenerally and Causation An anoxic injury is one that results from the brain’s total deprivation of oxygen. In general, if the brain cannot get oxygen for four minutes, brain cells start to die. Any anoxic injury is catastrophic and requires prompt acute care and innovative post-acute rehabilitation. Anoxic injury can result from a variety of […]
Continue ReadingAny damage to the spinal cord, whether caused by a disease process or by trauma can be catastrophic. When a spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs or when a disease that affects the spinal cord manifests itself it is imperative that skilled acute care is quickly obtained in order to stabilize the individual. Thereafter, innovative post-acute […]
Continue ReadingDefining a spinal cord injury (SCI) is not quite as easy as it sounds. There are a few basics that you must understand to get a full understanding of a spinal cord injury (SCI). These include: The spinal cord is comprised of a bundle of nerve fibers that are encased in a hollow, bony structure […]
Continue ReadingWhen an individual sustains a catastrophic injury such as a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a mild brain injury (MBI), trauma of some type, multiple trauma, neurological injury such as a stroke, a spinal cord injury (SCI) or a traumatic amputation, the first critical step is to obtain acute care. It’s probably fair to say that […]
Continue ReadingIrrespective of its innovative uses in post-acute rehabilitation, which we will discuss, therapy clay and clay therapy were immortalized in music almost 55 years ago. In 1961, the great singer, Gene McDaniels had a tremendous hit with a song entitled, A Hundred Pounds of Clay. The song reached number three on the Billboard chart and number […]
Continue ReadingSequencing, at its most basic, is the ability to plan the order of tasks correctly to achieve a stated goal. Sequencing can involve reading, listening, expressing thoughts, describing events or contracting muscles in an orderly and meaningful manner. In the context of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation, sequencing also refers to the ability to plan […]
Continue ReadingThe human brain is divided into five primary lobes: 1. Frontal 2. Parietal 3. Occipital 4. Temporal 5. Limbic Some neurologists and researchers also identify a sixth lobe that is buried deep within the brain, called the insular cortex. It is located deep within the folds of the brain (the sulcus) that separate the temporal […]
Continue ReadingThis may seem like an unlikely topic for a blog for catastrophically injured individuals. The injury could have been a: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Mild brain injury (MBI) Motor vehicle accident (MVA) Multiple trauma Neurological injury Spinal cord injury (SCI) Traumatic limb amputation Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Work-related accident At NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, […]
Continue ReadingDecember 6 through December 12, 2015 is National Handwashing Awareness Week. You may not have known that it existed, but we should all be glad that it does. It brings to everyone’s attention what a big health difference a simple activity can make. It may sound reminiscent of the admonition that our mothers gave […]
Continue ReadingIt’s coming. The newspapers burgeoning with ads so heavy that they can be used in physical therapy. The shoppers pushing and shoving almost as if to improve your balance. Salespeople beckoning you to their departments, like the boy or girl in high school who kept asking you out to the point that you thought you […]
Continue ReadingYou became a Client of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida for innovative post-acute rehabilitation after a catastrophic injury that may have been a: ● Traumatic brain injury (TBI) ● Mild brain injury (MBI) ● Traumatic limb amputation ● Multiple trauma ● Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ● Spinal cord injury (SCI) Our job and your […]
Continue ReadingNovember is National Family Caregivers Month. It and its timing align perfectly with the goal of the innovative post-acute rehabilitation at NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida. The sole object of NeuLife Rehab is to rehabilitate its Clients so that he or she achieves the highest level of independence consistent with his or her physical […]
Continue ReadingNeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is the premier provider of innovative post-acute rehabilitation in the Southeast United States. Our Clients include individuals who have sustained catastrophic injuries resulting from the following kinds of occurrences: ● Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) ● Mild brain injuries (MBI) ● Multiple trauma ● Post-traumatic stress syndrome ● Spinal cord […]
Continue ReadingIt has been a long road. It started with a catastrophic injury that may have been the following: ● Traumatic brain injury (TBI) ● Mild brain injury (MBI) ● Multiple trauma ● Neurological injury, including a stroke ● Spinal cord injury (SCI) ● Traumatic amputation One of these injuries or a combination of […]
Continue ReadingNeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is the premier provider of innovative post-acute rehabilitation in the Southeast United States. Our Clients include individuals who have sustained catastrophic injuries resulting from the following kinds of occurrences: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Mild brain injuries (MBI) Motor vehicle accidents (MVA) Multiple Trauma Post-traumatic stress syndrome Spinal cord injuries […]
Continue ReadingInnovative post-acute rehabilitation at NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida requires the constant education of its multi-disciplinary professional team. Due to that, NeuLife Rehab currently offers the following continuing education courses to its professional staff. The courses are also open to health care professionals who seek to employ the innovative techniques championed at NeuLife […]
Continue Reading“Case management” is a collaborative process. It involves the assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s comprehensive health needs. The goal of case management is complex in general, and particularly in an innovative post-acute rehabilitation facility such as NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida where dual […]
Continue ReadingOctober 10, 2015, marks World Mental Health Day. It is recognized internationally and by the United Nations as a time to raise public awareness about mental health issues worldwide. The event is also intended to promote open discussions on mental illnesses and investments in prevention and treatment services. World Mental Health Day is an initiative […]
Continue ReadingNational Depression Screening Day is recognized by NeuLife Rehab this year on October 8, 2015. Ongoing depression is a serious psychological condition for which clinically relevant services delivered by a multidisciplinary team of professionals is needed. Depression can be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable or “down in the dumps.” From time to time, […]
Continue ReadingA federal law protects the privacy of the medical information of individuals. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known commonly by the acronym HIPAA, was enacted in 1996. Because it is a federal law, it applies to all states. NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida not only complies with it but embraces the requirements […]
Continue ReadingIn 1940, a vocal group named “The Ink Spots” popularized a song called The Java Jive. The introductory lyrics to the song are these: I love coffee, I love tea, I love the java jive and it loves me, coffee and tea and the java and me, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, […]
Continue ReadingSeptember 13-19, 2015 has been designated by the National Health Care Association as National Assisted Living Week. NeuLife Rehab applauds all licensed assisted living facilities (ALFs) and their professionals. They do vital work to ensure the well-being of their residents. Assisted living facilities generally supervise or support their residents with activities of daily living (ADLs). […]
Continue ReadingIt is with somber respect that NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida honors September 11, 2001, also known as “9-11.” We recognize that the country will always have 9-11 indelibly engraved upon its memory. NeuLife Rehab venerates all of the survivors of September 11 as well as those who perished. On September 11, 2001, a […]
Continue ReadingThere are a couple of related reasons for the requirement. The first is that, in some instances, hardhats are required by law. There exists a Federal agency, OSHA, which is the acronym for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA began operating in 1971 with the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. […]
Continue ReadingHow NeuLife Rehab Helps The term, “coordination” can refer to different things depending upon context, however, there is a common denominator. The commonality is that it suggests that disparate elements of a process work together to achieve a common, desirable result. The process can be electrical, mechanical or of some other kind. When it comes […]
Continue ReadingNeuropsychology is a specialized variant of psychology that focuses on the evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals who have abnormal brain-behavior relationships. The need for neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation can result from a variety of causes, including: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Mild brain injuries (MBI) Concussions Work-related injuries that involve head injuries Neurological injuries such as […]
Continue ReadingNeuropsychology is a specialized variant of psychology that focuses on the evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals who have abnormal brain-behavior relationships. The need for neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation can result from a variety of causes, including: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Mild brain injuries (MBI) Concussions Work-related injuries that involve head injuries Neurological injuries such as […]
Continue ReadingEncephalopathy is a broad term that generically refers to a disease, damage, or malfunction of the brain. Symptoms may include an altered mental state and brain failure that can be attended by physical changes. The term “anoxic encephalopathy” refers to brain damage caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain. Encephalothopies can also involve […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Description and Presentation Drop-foot and foot-drop are alternate names for the same condition. For our purposes, we will use the term drop-foot. Drop-foot is a gait disorder that affects how an individual walks. The term, “gait” refers to how one steps, walks or runs. Specifically, drop-foot refers to how one manipulates the front part […]
Continue ReadingNeuLife Rehab’s Clients value pets, too. Many existing Clients have the benefit of pet therapy as part of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation. They can attest to its benefits. The benefits of pet therapy are different, not less, than those of, for example, a seeing-eye dog to a sight-impaired individual. Dogs and other kinds of […]
Continue ReadingSummer is the time for water. Beaches, pools, waterslides, swimming, diving and much more. So much fun, but dangers lurk. Some of the dangers can result in injuries that cause: Trauma or multiple traumas to various parts of the body, including the head and brain Mild brain injury (MBI) Catastrophic brain injury Concussions Neurologic […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do I Keep Doing That? How Can I Stop? What NeuLife Rehab Does to Help Some of the individuals who become Clients of NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida may have a disorder that affects his or her ability to control impulses. They may find themselves acting on impulses, getting undesirable results, and […]
Continue ReadingThe ability (or inability) to move a joint is called the joint’s range of motion. It is a major factor that dictates the extent to which an individual can use the joint. In turn, the ability or inability to use a joint can have an impact upon an individual’s independence. This can occur, for […]
Continue ReadingA helmet is a form of protective gear worn by athletes and others to protect his or her head from injury. It does this by absorbing mechanical energy and protecting against the penetration of outside objects into the skull or direct trauma to the skull by impact. The structure of a helmet is such that its shape (initially, […]
Continue ReadingThe Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Cognitive Function and its Post-Acute Rehabilitation Cognitive dysfunction often results from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Innovative post-acute rehabilitation such as that by NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida must be obtained after acute care medically stabilizes an individual. The purpose of the post-acute rehabilitation is the restoration […]
Continue ReadingTraumatic Brain Injury and Vision Loss: Medical, Neurological and Rehabilitative Connections Vision is controlled by the occipital lobes of the brain. Like other lobes of the brain, there are two of them. The occipital lobes are located toward the back of the brain. Functionally, the occipital lobes make sense of visual stimuli such as […]
Continue ReadingI Can See Why I Came to NeuLife Rehab! Understanding Vision Issues that Can Accompany Traumatic Brain Injuries A variety of physical challenges can result from a catastrophic injury. Their type and degree are determined, in part, by the location and the severity of the trauma. This is especially true with respect to traumatic […]
Continue ReadingThe use of the term “recreation” in the same sentence as “traumatic brain injury rehabilitation” may seem odd. But it really isn’t. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an alteration in the normal function of the brain. Traumatic brain injuries can result from many kinds of occurrences, including: Falls Assaults Motor vehicle collisions Sports […]
Continue ReadingAcute care and short term needs must immediately be addressed following any traumatic or mild brain injury. Thereafter, post-acute rehabilitation is needed. The innovative post-acute rehabilitation rendered by NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is second to none. It rehabilitates individuals and allows them to regain independence to the fullest extent that their physical […]
Continue ReadingEvery year, millions of athletes in the United States experience concussions which are mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s). With athletes at all levels of play getting bigger, faster and stronger, it is all the more important that the risk and severity of potential traumatic brain injury (TBI) be reduced. The use of helmets is […]
Continue ReadingNeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida is celebrating National Nurses Week. It has been said that a person who saves one life is called a hero, but that one who saves 100 lives is called a nurse. NeuLife Rehab embraces that statement. Every nurse at NeuLife Rehab is a hero to us and to the […]
Continue ReadingThe range of contact and non-contact sports in which traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s) and mild brain injuries (such as concussions) can occur is broad. Many contact sports come to mind, such as football and soccer. Other less obvious athletic activities that can result in those kinds of injuries, include swimming, diving and gymnastics. There are […]
Continue ReadingFor many women, the occurrence of a spinal cord injury (SCI), whether it results from trauma or disease, is considered to be the end of life as she knew it. She may see herself as forever wheelchair-bound, or at least so immobilized that sex will never again be an activity in which she will engage. […]
Continue ReadingBecause men define themselves sexually somewhat differently than women do, a spinal cord injury (SCI) affecting their sexuality can also be different. Paralysis that affects a man’s ability to perform sexually not only has physical implications, including fertility, but also psychological ones. Apart from the physical pleasure of sex, men, especially younger ones who sustain […]
Continue ReadingNeuLife Rehab is an innovative post-acute rehabilitative facility whose goal is to assist its Clients to achieve independence to the fullest extent of his or her physical and mental abilities. That goal cannot be achieved without the critical role played by the occupational therapists who serve on NeuLife Rehab’s multidisciplinary team. April has been declared […]
Continue ReadingA total amputation of a limb is the surgical severing of it from the body. A partial amputation of a limb is the surgical severing of a portion of it from that part of the body to which it is normally attached. According to recent statistics, there are more than 2 million people living with […]
Continue ReadingAs part of NeuLife Rehab’s continuing discussion of athletics and the rehabilitation and specialized rehabilitation that we furnish in Mount Dora, Florida, we would be remiss in not addressing catastrophic injuries of various kinds that may result from wrestling. The most serious of them are often to the neck and to the spine. The less […]
Continue ReadingThere are many types of injuries that can be categorized as catastrophic. The manner in which they affect the lives of the individuals who sustain them is equally diverse. NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida offers innovative post-acute rehabilitation and specialized rehabilitation to Clients who have experienced catastrophic injuries, including of the following types: brain […]
Continue ReadingIt is the mission of NeuLife as an organization to provide a comprehensive program of neurologic rehabilitation to support and promote the improvement of the quality of life for our patients.
As with all NeuLife provisions and specialized services, clients and designated family members and/or legal guardians participate in the referral, assessment and admission process. All services provided and those offered to our clients are arranged and coordinated by our care coordinators and are all-inclusive in a comprehensive per diem specific to each client.
