Brain Injury Program (Comprehensive NeuroRehabilitation)

Program Overview

After sustaining a brain injury or experiencing a neurological illness, a person may experience a wide range of medical, physical, cognitive, and behavioral changes. The Rusk Institute Brain Injury Program @ 17th Street is designed to provide a structured therapeutic program that can be specifically tailored to meet the medical and rehabilitative needs of each individual. Five neurocognitive interventions serve as the basis for the Brain Injury Program:

• Stimulation Program
• Behavioral Management Program
• Orientation Program
• Cognitive-Linguistic Program
• Life Skills Program

Conditions We Treat

The Rusk Institute Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program @ 17th Street is a center of innovation and excellence for the treatment of disabling neurological and neurocognitive disorders. We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) as an inpatient specialty program in Brain Injury Rehabilitation and offer highly effective, interdisciplinary, individualized care for people recovering from:

• Brain Injury
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Acquired Brain Injury
  • Stroke
  • Aneurysms
  • Brain Hemorrhage/Hematoma
  • Brain Tumors
  • Anoxic Encephalopathy
  • Hydrocephalus
• Coma
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neuromuscular Disorders
• Gait Disorders
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurosurgical Procedures
• Other Brain Disorders