Two and half years after a drunk driver hit him on Capitol Street, B.J. Berkhouse is getting around with the help of a walker. But like many with traumatic brain injury (TBI), Berkhouse says he still can't do simple chores. The former SkyWest customer service representative also suffered facial fractures and a stroke. He lives with his brother's family in Sissonville.
AUGUSTA - Public hearings have been scheduled in October and November to learn more about the unmet needs of people with brain injuries in Maine. The hearings will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 31, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, 111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, and Saturday, Nov. 7, at Calais Regional Hospital, 24 Hospital Lane, Calais.
New concussion rules do not go far enough As chairman of the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Coordinating Council and immediate past president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State, I am very disappointed in the compromises reached to pass some sort of concussion management legislation in New York. The bill passed fails to incorporate the important recommendations of the council concerning mandatory base- line testing; fails to mandate a consistent concussion management program; fails to protect athletes involved in organized sports outside the school setting; fails to provide uniform and meaningful protection for children throughout the state; fails to address the need for medical insurance coverage for those who are injured; and fails to address penalties for th...
Potential lingers in Institute Alison Knezevich's article in the Jan. 6, 2011 Charleston Gazette, "Brain-injury services in court" compels me to bring to the citizens of West Virginia this measured response:
Elliot Lubar calls it a typical day in his life then. He had mowed the lawn on Nov. 14, 2004, before heading up to Green Bay for a Packers game with his good friend Steve Simon. At least that's how Lubar remembers it.
Rooker recognized for brain injury advocacy The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has given a 2010 Community Health Leaders Award to a Radford brain injury services advocate.
RICHMOND -- The Virginia Wounded Warrior Program (VWWP) seeks a regional director to manage program activities in southwestern Virginia. The regional director monitors and coordinates mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans, members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service. The regional director ensures that services are available within the region to support family members affected by a covered military member's service and deployment. And, the incumbent ensures availability of timely assessment and treatment for combat stress and traumatic brain injuries resulting from service in combat areas. To apply for this position, visit https?//jobs.agencies.virginia.gov/applicants/ jsp/share...
... community services board and brain injury services staff as well as professionals from the V...
West Virginia officials must develop a program that would help people with traumatic brain injury get services in their homes and communities, the state Supreme Court has ruled - but it isn't clear when victims will get help. Earlier this month, the state court upheld a Kanawha County judge's order to make the state Department of Health and Human Resources apply for a federal Medicaid waiver for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and secure funding for the program. A waiver lets people get services in their homes and communities, rather than being forced into nursing homes and other institutions.
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