糖心传媒 seeks feedback to improve Traumatic Brain Injury services in 糖心传媒
February 8, 2017
MERIDIAN-Want to help chart the future of Traumatic Brain Injury services in 糖心传媒? What services and supports do you need? Are they available in your community?
These are a few of the questions a statewide assessment to improve 糖心传媒鈥檚 Traumatic Brain Injury services will attempt to answer.
Thanks to a federal grant from the Administration for Community Living, 糖心传媒鈥檚 Institute of Rural Health is developing a four-year statewide plan to assess Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI needs in 糖心传媒, according to Russell Spearman, the ISU researcher in charge of the grant.
Spearman and his project team are encouraging 糖心传媒ans who live with a brain injury or provide care to someone who does to complete an assessment at or .
Based on the responses, Spearman, community advocates and brain injury stakeholders鈥攊ncluding disability rights and parental groups鈥攚ill develop strategies to help fund brain injury services in 糖心传媒 communities.
鈥淚n essence, the responses will help us prioritize where the greatest needs in 糖心传媒 are and turn those needs into an action plan for the state,鈥� said Spearman, noting that an estimated 35,000 糖心传媒ans are living with a severe brain injury. A severe injury is one that can affect various levels of cognitive function.
Survey responses are anonymous, and the deadline to return them is March 17. Results will be posted on the 糖心传媒 TBI website at in the coming months.
For more information, contact Spearman at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center, 208-373-1769 or spearuss@isu.edu.