BRAIN INJURY PROGRAM OUTCOMES
The outcome measures include self-care and mobility discharge scores . Self-care measures , the person served ’ s ability to perform activities of daily living include : eating , grooming , personal hygiene , bathing and dressing . Mobility measures are considered activities like : positioning , transferring from different surfaces , walking , building endurance and tackling community skills of different surfaces , curbs , stairs , car transfers and safe fall recovery . Higher scores upon discharge show more improvement and preparation to go home and return to your community . Persons served at Renown Rehabilitation Hospital achieved discharge selfcare scores of 34.6 and discharge mobility scores of 68.0 .
DISCHARGE SCORES
Self-Care
RENOWN
REGION
NATION
33.2
34.6
33.5
Mobility
RENOWN
REGION
NATION
64.4 64.7
68.0
* Risk Adjusted
WHERE DO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE GO AFTER REHABILITATION ?
Discharging home is our goal and focus for the person served and their caregivers , 87 % of the people were served went home . Brain injuries are complex . Six percent of persons served needed to return for additional acute medical care compared to 10 % regionally and nationally . Not everyone is safe going home or has adequate support to go home . Six percent were discharged to a long-term care facility as compared to 5 % regionally and 7 % nationally .
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