Delivering physical, mental, and emotional rehabilitation throughout the entire continuum of traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury care.
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Personalized care, total commitment
As one of only 16 federally recognized Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems centers in the country and the only Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems center in Virginia, Sheltering Arms Institute offers expert care at every stage of the rehabilitation and recovery process for patients who have sustained a traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury to help people achieve the fullest recovery possible.
Learn more about our inpatient and outpatient brain injury rehabilitation services.
Comprehensive care, optimal outcomes
From mild concussions to life-altering brain traumas, the highly specialized traumatic brain injury team at Sheltering Arms Institute is committed to improving the physical, emotional, and social well-being of each patient.
Patients receiving inpatient care at Sheltering Arms Institute receive 15% more therapy time than the baseline standards established by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
80% of individuals who have experienced a brain injury and receive care at Sheltering Arms Institute are discharged home or to a community setting, higher than both national and regional averages.
Sheltering Arms Institute clinicians rehabilitate approximately 400 patients with brain injuries each year.
Sheltering Arms Institute patients with brain injuries report a 90% patient satisfaction rate with 90% of patients likely to recommend Sheltering Arms Institute to a friend.
The brain injury team at Sheltering Arms Institute analyzes discipline-specific data that measure not only functional outcomes, but cognitive return.
Sheltering Arms Institute invests in building strong relationships with community partners that include family/caregiver education and support groups, care management services, day programs, return to work, and post-discharge follow-up care to engage long-term with patients and their support system.
Understanding traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and recovery
There are two ways in which brain injuries can occur:
Common traumatic brain injury symptoms include:
It is vitally important that if you are currently attempting to determine whether or not you or someone close to you has experienced a traumatic brain injury that you contact emergency medical services such as a doctor or by calling 911.
Traumatic brain injury therapies at Sheltering Arms Institute seek to improve:
While the following schedule is a sample and for illustrative purposes only, individuals participating in inpatient rehab can expect an average of 3-5 hours of therapy each day. Individual schedules vary based on each patient’s care plan and level of injury.
7-9 a.m. – Physician Rounds
8:30-9 a.m. – Breakfast
9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Physical / Occupational / Speech / Recreation / Therapy
12:30-1 p.m. – Lunch
1-4 p.m. – More Therapy
4-5 p.m. – Therapeutic Recreation Groups
5:30-6 p.m. – Dinner
6-7 p.m. – Therapeutic Recreation Groups
7-8 p.m. – Medications and Bedtime Preparations
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Contact a specialist at Sheltering Arms Institute to learn more about how you can gain more freedom in your everyday life.
