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Tag Archives: TBI
MSKTC anuncia nuevas fichas informativas en español
El Centro de los Sistemas Modelo acerca la Traducción del Conocimiento (MSKTC por sus siglas en inglés) ha anunciado la ampliación de su página Web para incluir fichas en español para los consumidores en relación con lesiones de la médula … Continue reading
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Tagged brain injury, Centro de los Sistemas Modelo acerca la Traducción del Conocimiento (MSKTC por sus siglas en inglés), discapacidades, empleo, enlaces, familias, LCT, lesión por quemadura, lesion cerebral traumatica, lesion de la medula espinal, lesiones cerebrales, lesiones cerebrales traumaticas, lesiones de la medula espinal, lesiones por quemadura, LME, minorias, Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC), MSKTC, personas con discapacidades, SCI, Spanish, Spanish-language, TBI
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Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Offers Web Course on Accommodating the Symptoms of TBI
The Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation, home of the NIDRR-funded Ohio TBI Model System, offers a free web course: Accommodating the Symptoms of TBI. The web course covers the reason to accommodate individuals with brain injury … Continue reading
Marzo es el mes de concientización sobre la lesión cerebral
De acuerdo al Centro Nacional de los CDC para la Prevención y Control de Lesiones, se estima que 1.7 millones de personas sufren una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT) cada año. De estos 1.7 millones de personas, 52.000 mueren, 275,000 son hospitalizadas, y 1,365,400(casi el 80%son) son tratadas y dadas de alta de un servicio de urgencias. Se desconoce cuántas personas … Continue reading
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
According to the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. Of these 1.7 million people, 52,000 die, 275,000 are hospitalized, and 1.3654 million (nearly 80%) are … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness month, Disabilities, NIDRR, people with disabilities, TBI, traumatic brain injury
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Model Systems in the News: Parkinson Drug May Help Brain Injury Recovery
The New York Times, Huffington Post, Washington Post, and Health Day are all reporting the results of a NIDRR-funded study showing that a drug used to treat Parkinson disease can help in recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI). The results … Continue reading
Sensory Stimulation and Snoezelen
Sensory stimulation refers to interventions designed to stimulate one or more of the five senses. These interventions are designed to provide a relaxing and soothing activity which is failure free, responsive to the individual, and is enabling. Sensory stimulation interventions … Continue reading
Defining Dementia
What is Dementia? Dictionary.com defines dementia as a “severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.” The Free Dictionary defines dementia as the “loss of mental … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive disabilities, dementia, disability, disabilties, NIDRR, stroke, TBI
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Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (KTER Center) to Sponsor Webcast on the Latest Disability Statistics from Federal Surveys and Resources
On Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 EST the KTER Center’s Community of Practice on Employment Research will sponsor the webcast—What Counts? Latest Disability Statistics from Federal Surveys and Resources. This informative webcast is available for free. … Continue reading
Notice of Proposed Rule Making: Secondary Service Connection for Diagnosable Illnesses Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury
On December 12th, 2012 the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend VA adjudication regulations (38 CFR Part 3) by revising 38 CFR 3.310 to add five diagnosable illnesses as secondary conditions associated … Continue reading →