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Training At Home

What happens after a person completes acute rehabilitation? There are many different types of programs that can continue providing the stimulation needed for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury. There are outpatient or day treatments programs. These treatments are tailored to the needs of individuals after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation and also for those with TBI who have never been hospitalized, but recognized for a need for therapy. Within outpatient services, many options should be available: day programs, physiotherapic treatment, cognitive treatment, ADLs program. In Spain the outpatient treatment can continues as long as a mean of 6 months after the hospital discharge (dates from Institut Guttmann Hospital, Barcelona, Spain). Then the brain injured patient may continue his treatment at home (private treatment) or in specific private brain Centres.

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