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Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service

The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service offers a statewide service to clients who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. It is a 16-bed Unit, which offers individually tailored multi-disciplinary inpatient rehabilitation programs. Community rehabilitation programs are also available to those living in the Northern, Central and Eastern Sydney areas. The aim of these specific programs is to restore as much function and independence as possible, while at the same time facilitating adjustment to disability, promoting self determination and enhancing quality of life. All activities/therapies are conducted in as close to home-like environment as possible.

A supportive environment exists for ongoing education and the promotion of research based practice within the unit.

The service is a state wide service and part of the NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program (BIRP). Clients aged between 16-65 years with rehabilitation goals are accepted into the service. The Brain Injury Community Rehabilitation Team (BICRT) provides services for people living in Northern and Central Areas of Sydney who require community integration programs and coordination of services following a brain injury.

Services and Programs

Our specialists work as a team to provide the following services:

Clients aged between 16-65 years with rehabilitation goals are accepted into the service.

Clients with a head injury can have psychological, physical, medical, cognitive, communication, behavioural, functional and vocational problems. Examples of some common conditions are memory deficits, hemiplegia, dysphagia, post traumatic amnesia and emotional liability. Every client has individual conditions related to type of injury and the sites of the brain affected. Programs are designed to address clients' individual issues and goals.

Brain Injury Community Rehabilitation Team

(BICRT)

The Community Rehabilitation Team provides rehabilitation services to people living in the community who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. The staff of the team work together to help clients return to a fulfilling lifestyle and maximise their level of emotional, social, physical and intellectual functioning while encouraging independence. The team provides assistance in respect to relationships, health, learning, finances, work and leisure activities.

More Information

ARNA the Australian Rehabilitation Nurses Association (ARNA); www.arna.com.au
The International Brain Injury Association; www.internationalbrain.org

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