Brain Injury 2014 - Brain Injury Rehabilitation Options

Overview: The presentation reviews brain injury statistics, current levels of care for individuals with moderate to severe brain injury, what to look for to ensure the patient is at the best possible facility or facility type, and the type of patient that is appropriate for each level of care.
A case management tool kit that includes resources and a level of care decision tool for case management is provided to attendees. The tools are used to address the appropriate level of care for a patient in a scenario
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Why should you attend: Little guidance is available for the rehabilitation and community integration portion of the continuum of care once a medical model of brain injury services is no longer appropriate. We are in need a some type of guidance, across the board, for case managers, discharge planners and other coordinators of care to use when individuals with TBI are preparing to leave the hospital to re-enter the community and workforce or are already out there and struggling for reasons no one can quite put their finger on.
The absence of consistent guidance or direction for case managers leads to inconsistencies of care between individuals, between areas of the country, and between physician disciplines. It makes it difficult for payer sources to know what the right thing to do actually is. Resolution of these inconsistencies is one goal of the case management care path we will review today…a care path for the individual with moderate to severe TBI who is preparing to structure their life and the life of their family members to live with residual injury.
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Areas Covered in the Session:
Brain injury facts and statistics
Challenges for the case manager
Why are guidelines for case managers currently not in existence?
Review of levels of care
Overview of vocational rehabilitation
Case management brain injury tool kit
Case Study
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Who Will Benefit:
Registered Nurses
Social Workers
Physical and Occupational Therapists
Case Managers
Human Resource Professionals
Insurance Adjusters
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Shelly Kinney, MSN, RN, CNLCP, CCM is a Master’s prepared nurse residing in Ralston (Omaha), Nebraska. She is certified in both Case Management and Nurse Life Care Planning and has been in the rehabilitation field for the past 16 years. Ms. Kinney’s healthcare background includes work in critical care, acute medical rehabilitation, post-acute brain injury rehabilitation, women’s health and case management in hospital-based and worker’s compensation settings.
She has experience in both military and civilian healthcare and in the health insurance industry. A life care planner for more than six years, she works with injured individuals of all ages and nationwide. Ms. Kinney has special expertise planning for the long term needs of individuals with brain injury or chronic pain.
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