TBI Cognitive Impairment
The 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 of function and independence to the fullest extent that the individual’s physical and mental abilities permit.
Among the most common cognitive problems resulting from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) include:
- Attention disturbances
- Memory disturbances
- Executive function difficulties
- Psychiatric problems
Attention and memory challenges can be especially troublesome for an individual and his or her family because attention and memory are basic cognitive functions. In turn, their disruption can exacerbate other additional challenges in the areas of executive function, communication, and other more complex cognitive functions.[1] If the traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the anterior temporal and frontal lobes of the brain, the individual is much more likely to experience prominent memory and executive function abnormalities.[2]
Psychiatric issues are complex and may accompany traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Major depression is one of those psychiatric problems.
Most traumatic brain injuries (TBI) cause a variety of physical, neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological syndromes. Therefore, an independent functional evaluation administered by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals is vital. That evaluation is conducted when an individual becomes a Client of NeuLife Rehab. The multidisciplinary team may consist of:
- Board Certified Neurologist
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst
- Board Certified Physiatrist
- Neuropsychologist
- Psychologist
- Board Certified Psychiatrist
- Speech Language Pathologist/Cognitive Therapist
- Physical Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Nurses
- Certified Rehab Counselor
From the results of the independent functional evaluation, the professionals of NeuLife Rehab formulate a Client Goal Plan. The Client Goal Plan guides the clinically relevant services delivered by NeuLife Rehab. Specifically in the case of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) it guides the cognitive, psychiatric, neurologic, psychological and neuropsychological therapy required for the rehabilitation of catastrophic brain injuries and mild brain injuries. The goal of NeuLife Rehab’s innovative post-acute rehabilitation is the attainment for our Clients of independence to the fullest extent that his or her physical and mental abilities permit.
NeuLife Rehab in Mount Dora, Florida consistently provides the highest standard of care in the delivery of clinically relevant services to achieve successful, sustained outcomes and exceed the expectations of all persons served.
NeuLife Rehab consistently provides the highest standard of care in the delivery of clinically relevant services to achieve successful, sustained outcomes and exceeds the expectations of all persons served. Our philosophy of that healing, wellness, and personal fulfillment are best accomplished in an uplifting, therapeutic environment where caring staff encourage, assist and support each Client so he or she may achieve specific goals. NeuLife Rehab believes personal fulfillment is equally as important as goals to increase function and independence.
Proper and timely post-acute rehabilitation that may determine the difference between disability and independence is what NeuLife refers to as the “platinum post-acute period” — the crucial window following acute care that is needed to nurture the whole person to health with specialized, clinically relevant services.
NeuLife, in Mount Dora, Florida, is an accessible residential post-acute program providing specialized rehabilitation to individuals diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury
(TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Amputations, Burns and other Catastrophic Injuries and Challenging Diagnoses.
2725 Robie Avenue
Mount Dora, Florida 32757
[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11734103
[2] Levin HS, Williams DH, Eisenberg HM, et al: Serial MRI and neurobehavioral findings after mild to moderate closed head injury. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992; 55:255–262
