REHAB CENTERS   [ back to Recovering from a Brain injury ]
Rehabilitation Services are delivered as follows. Acute Rehabilitation is provided in the hospital setting. Subacute Rehabilitation is provided for an extended period of time after hospital discharge, often in a skilled nursing facility. Postacute Rehabilitation is provided in the community and is geared to helping clients practice compensatory strategies as they re-integrate. Rehab services are typically delivered by a transdisciplinary team led by a physician such as a neurologist or physiatrist. The team typically includes people with professional degrees (such as neuropsychologists; speech, cognitive, occupational and physical therapists; and vocational rehabilitation counselors), and paraprofessionals (who work in the health field but do not have a professional degree). In 1996 the Brain Injury Association established the AACBIS (the American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialists) to train and certify paraprofessionals in professional delivery of rehab services to clients with a TBI. Between 1996-2000 AACBIS has certified over 135 persons. Institutional providers of rehab services may or may not seek accreditation by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Having CARF Accreditation is a plus. Being failed by CARF is a minus. Post-acute facilities in the community typically do not seek CARF accreditation, and as to those, the lack of such accreditation is not important, unless they tried and failed to get it.

REHABILITATION HOSPITALS
The July 23, 2001 edition of US News & World Report published a poll of rehabilitation specialists across the country as to the finest rehab hospitals for TBI and severe bodily injury. The top 10 in order (from highest ranked to lowest ranked) were:

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado
New York University Medical Center
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey, CA
 
POST ACUTE REHABILITATION FACILITIES
The facilities listed below advertise in national publications dealing with traumatic brain injury. The quality of each one must be determined separately by visiting the site, interviewing the staff, reviewing their brochure and contacting references.

Arizona
Adam's House, Inc.
1219 East Michelle Drive Phoenix, AZ 85022
Telephone: (602)788-7310 Facsimile: (602)788-4814

Arkansas
Timber Ridge Community
www.timberriggecommunity.com
Telephone: (800)743-6802

California
Attention Control Systems, Inc. Automatic Planning Systems for Cognitive Disorders
650 Castro Street, Ste. 120-197 Mountain View, CA 94041
www.brainaid.com
Telephone: (650)494-2002 Fax: (650)493-2002 Email: cortex@brainaid.com

Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation
2850 North Garey Avenue Pomona, CA 91767
Telephone: (909)596-7733

Coastline Community College-Special Programs and Services for the Disabled
2990 Mesa Verde Drive East Costa Mesa, CA 92626
www.coastline.cccd.edu
Telephone: (714)241-6214

Daniel Freeman Rehabilitation Centers Inglewood Marina del Rey
Telephone: (310)674-7050

RoseHill
5410 Baffy Court Soquel, CA 95073
Telephone: (831) 462-3788
Contact: Lauranell Rose

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
Telephone:(408) 885-2004
Contact Director of Rehab Relations, Diane Brown

Colorado
Craig Hospital
3425 South Clarkson Street Englewood, Colorado 80110
www.craighospital.org
Telephone: (303)789-8000

Florida
Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 1348 Wauchula, FL 33873
Telephone: (800)697-5390

Georgia
Scottish Rite's Rehabilitation Program
1001 Johnson Ferry Rd., NE Atlanta, GA 30342
Telephone: (404)250-2149

Shepherd Pathways
1942 Clairmont Road Decatur, GA 30033
Telephone: (404)248-1667, (800)SHEPHERD

Illinois
Center for Comprehensive Services
306 West Mill Street P.O. Box 2825 Carbondale, IL 62902
www.ccs-rehab.com
Telephone: (800)582-4CCS

Iowa
Opportunities Unlimited 3222 Pawnee Place Sioux City, Iowa 51104
Telephone: (712)277-8295

Victorian Acres Rehabilitation, Inc.
4201 NE 56th Street Altoona, IA 50009
members.aol.com/vicacres/home.htm
Telephone: (515)967-0103, (800)28BRAIN
Email: vicacres@aol.com

Louisiana
Bancroft NeuroHealth
Hopkins Lane, P.O. Box 20 Haddonfield, NJ 08033-0018
www.bancroftneurohealth.org
Telephone: (800)774-5516, (504)875-3100 Covington, LA, (504)482-3075 New Orleans, LA

Rehabilitation Living Centers, Inc.
3524 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119
Telephone: (504)482-8813

Massachusetts
May Institute 35 Pacella Park Drive Randolph, MA 02368
www.mayinstitute.org
Contact: Andrea Potoczny-Gray (781)963-3600, ext. 124

Michigan
Rainbow Rehabilitation Center Southeastern
Michigan www.rainbowrehab.com
Telephone: (800)968-6644

Timber Ridge Community
www.timberriggecommunity.com
Telephone: (800) 697-5368

Minnesota
Vinland Center Lake Independence
P.O. Box 308 Loretto, Minnesota 55357
Email: vinland@ix.netcom.com
Telephone: (612)479-4508 Fax: (612)479-2605

Mississippi
Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center
1350 e. Woodrow Wilson Jackson, MS 39216
www.mmrcrehab.org
Telephone: (601)981-2611, (800)223-6672

Nebraska
Quality Living, Inc.
6404 N. 70th Plaza Omaha, NE 68104
Telephone: (402)573-3700

New Hampshire
Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center
One Verney Drive Greenfield, NH 03047
www.cmf.org Email: admissions@cmf.org
Telephone: (603)547-3311, ext. 235

Lakeview
101 Highwatch Road Effingham Falls, NH 03814
www.lakeviewsystem.com
(603)539-7451 (800)4REHAB-1 (800)473-4221

Robin Hill Farm, Inc.
P.O. Box 1067 Hillsboro, NH 03244
Telephone: (603)464-3841 Fax: (603)464-3851 Email: robin_hill@conknet.com

Nevada
Nevada Community Enrichment Program
2820 W. Charleston, Ste. D-37 Las Vegas, NV 89102
Telephone: (702)259-1903

New York
Community Options, Inc.
1133 Broadway, Ste. 619 New York, NY 10010
www.comop.org
Telephone: (212)242-4422 Fax: (212)242-0256

Oklahoma
Integris Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Network
4219 S. Western Oklahoma City, OK 73109
www.integris-health.com
Telephone: (405) 644-5200, (405)951-2277, (800)951-2277

Pennsylvania
Mastery Rehabilitation Systems, Inc.
105 Bala Ave. Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004-3307
Telephone: (610)664-2025, (800)859-2828 Fax: (610)664-1099 Email: mastery@esteps.com

Memory Lane Manor
P.O. Box 79, Rt 192 Madisonburg, PA 16852
Telephone: (814)349-6005, (888)349-6009

ReMed
625 Ridge Pike Building C Conshohocken, PA
19428 5830 Ellsworth Ave., Ste. 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Telephone: (800)84REMED

Success Rehabilitation, Inc.
5666 Clymer Road Quakertown, PA 18951
Telephone: (215)538-3488 Fax: (215)538-8692 Email: success@sri-inc.com

Tennessee
Timber Ridge Community
www.timberriggecommunity.com
Telephone: (800)670-5056

Texas
Brown-Karhan
3035 HWY 290 West or 400 Old HWY 290 Dripping Springs, TX, 78620
www.brown-karhan.com
Telephone: (512) 894-0701 fax (512) 858-5104
Contact: Dr. Misko (512)894-0701

Brown Schools Rehabilitation Center
1106 W. Dittmar Rd. Austin, TX 78745
www.brownschools.com
Telephone: (512)444-4835, (800)252-5151

Tangram
220 Hutchison San Marcos, TX 78666
www.tangramrehab.com
Telephone: (512)396-1200, (800)927-9199

Tide Way Lodge Long-Term Brain Injury Rehabilitation
1528 Postoffice Street Galveston, TX 77550
www.neosoft.com~tlc/
Telephone: (800) TLC-GROW ext.121

Virginia
Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, LTD
Contact: Amy Holmes, Director of Community and Professional Relations (804)270-5484

Tree of Life, L.L.C
10120 West Broad Street, Ste. 11 Glen Allen, VA 23060
Contact: Amy Holmes, Director of Community and Professional Relations (888) 886-5462

Washington DC
Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Building One, Second Floor Washington, DC 20307-5001 www.biausa.org/DVHhome.htm Telephone: (800)870-9244 Fax: (202)782-4400

Wisconsin
Lakeview 1701 Sharp Road Waterford, Wisconsin 53185
(414) 534-7297 (800)4REHAB-1(800)473-4221
www.lakeviewsystem.com


Canada
Dale Brain Injury Services, Inc. 815 Shelborne Street London, Ontario N5Z 4Z4
Telephone: (519)668-0023 Fax: (519)668-6783

National/Regional

Beechwood Rehabilitation Services
Langhorne and Bensalem, PA
Merchantville, Pennsauken, Maple Shade, and Delran, NJ
www.BeechwoodRehab.com ,

Learning Services Corporation
www.learningservices.com
Telephone: (888)419-9955 ext. 12

Rehabilitation Specialists
New Jersey and New York
www. rehab-specialists.com Telephone: (800)441-7488 ext. 13

ResCare Premier
Florida, Iowa, Texas: (800)28BRAIN
Illinois, Missouri, Ontario: (877)DOOR4BI
Email: admissions@rescarepremier.com