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Technology for Brain Injury Accommodations: Rita Part Sixteen Rita’s mom and I discussed the need for more technology for brain Injury accommodations. Because of some of Rita’s deficits it make it hard to work with what is available.    Rita is not able to use the computer by herself? Not yet, but..
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Catastrophic Brain Injury Resources: Rita Part Fifteen What if you could say we need catastrophic brain injury catastrophic brain injury resources applied to one thing for your daughter, what would that one thing be, what the most important thing the resources we provided for, is it therapy, is it wheelchair, is it,..
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Wheel Chairs are Rationed: Rita Part Fourteen I met Rita’s mom at the “Jamboree”, an annual get together of the Florida Brain Injury Association.  The Jamboree is held each June.  My interview was done June 23, 2011. In part fourteen we talked about how they requested a special kind of wheel..
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Catastrophic TBI Care: Rita Part Thirteen In part thirteen I spoke with Rita’s mom regarding long term  catastrophic TBI care and some of the resources she is using to continue Rita’s rehab. You’ve got a long way to go yet with Rita’s catastrophic TBI care. Oh I know. How do you..
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Treatment for Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Twelve In part twelve I talked with Rita’s mother and the treatment for catastrophic brain injury she has received.  Again limited because of Medicaid being her insurance. Has she had a neuropsychological evaluation as part of her treatment for catastrophic brain injury? No, no. Has..
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Visual Deficits after TBI: Rita Part Eleven As my conversation continues with Rita’s mom we talk about some of the other physical issues she exhibits including her visual deficits after TBI. Her visual deficits after TBI hamper her in ways such as not being able to use a computer because she can..
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Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor: Rita Part Ten At the end of Part Nine, Rita’s mom explained, as one of Rita’s parents of catastrophic brain injury survivor, that they were left to themselves to find ways to help Rita when she came home: Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor Left on..
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Recovery from Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Nine In part nine we continued our talk about Rita’s set back and having to be sent back to a hospital and also her  recovery from catastrophic brain injury. The question remains whether Rita’s brain suffered any additional damage as a result of this secondary..
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Return Home after Catastrophic Brain Injury : Rita Part Eight In part eight I talked with Rita’s mom about her return home after catastrophic brain injury and the events leading up to her going home. Almost as if the medical community had been waiting for its first real chance to expel her..
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Severe Brain Injury Under Medicaid: Rita Part Seven Severe brain injury under Medicaid is limited to how much therapy they will cover and in Rita’s case it was very little considering how severe her brain injury was. At some point, every family realizes that they have to do more than they are..
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