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Severe brain injury: intensive family involvement in community‐ based rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Freeman Edward A,
Burrell Beverly J,
Sedger Robyn A
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb126335.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , coma (optics) , medicine , motor function , intensive care , traumatic brain injury , physical therapy , medical emergency , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
A 15‐year‐old boy, severely brain injured as a result of a motor vehicle accident, was in coma for six weeks. Five months after the injury, while still severely disabled, he was taken home and treated by an intensive, organised domiciliary programme of community‐based rehabilitation supplemented by additional help from the local hospital. The patient regained function, and the programme was emotionally rewarding for the relatives, friends and volunteers. Significant cost savings to the State may be obtained with this method of management.