Community rehabilitation follows the discharge from an inpatient rehabilitation stay.
Patients may benefit from further training in household independence and community reintegration through an outpatient programme or through a transitional living unit where patients are largely self-managing under health professional supervision.
Helping a person with TBI return to maximal independence is a challenging task and requires a prolonged period of involvement and education of the patient, family and supportive counseling.
- Cost, variability of access and availability of such specialized services may limit patients access.
- Vocational assessment and rehabilitation, driving retraining and computer-aided cognitive rehabilitation may be required to address the needs of high-functioning TBI survivors
- Pain management clinics may be required for those with chronic posttraumatic headaches, cervicogenic headaches or related pain and orthopaedic or peripheral nerve injuries.