Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program

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For traumatic brain injury caregivers, a mobile health intervention that may improve quality of life

It is important for caregivers to take care of their personal needs and mental health to efficiently give care to others. University of Michigan Health researchers are using a new app to remind caregivers to check in with their own physical and mental wellbeing.
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Helping traumatic brain injury patients recover through a team-based approach

A rehab specialist discusses how traumatic brain injury patients are supported through their recovery journey with a team-based approach, the short term and long term goals of rehabilitation, and more.
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Revolutionizing head injury care

A simple blood test is changing how emergency medicine operates.
A nurse leans over the bed of a patient who is covered up and wearing a neck brace. They appear to be having a pleasant conversation.
Philanthropy News

Giving with gratitude: planned gifts support nursing, research, and patient care

Retired businessman and Detroit Tigers fan Paul Hansen has created three planned gifts to support prostate cancer research, nursing scholarship support, and adult cerebral palsy research at Michigan Medicine.
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A smarter helmet for the smallest patients

U-M Health specialists invented a new design for cranial shaping helmets to improve treatment for positional head deformities like plagiocephaly.