Medical Foster Homes & Cognitive Rehabilitation

The TBI Family

In this episode, we're traveling! First, our producer goes to Baltimore to check out the Department of Veteran Affairs' medical foster home program, which helps keep veterans out of nursing homes by finding them a place to receive care in a private home. Then we take a trip to the grocery store to talk about one method of cognitive rehabilitation—a group of practices designed to repair of mitigate cognitive deficits caused by brain injuries. The TBI Family is produced by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. This podcast provides caregivers of service members and veterans with TBI with information on traumatic brain injury and highlights resources available to them. We also share caregiver stories. Link to the VA medical foster home program: http://www.va.gov/GERIATRICS/Guide/LongTermCare/Medical_Foster_Homes.asp Link to the VA home based primary care program: https://www.va.gov/geriatrics/guide/longtermcare/Home_Based_Primary_Care.asp A recent DVBIC webinar on cognitive rehabilitation, for providers: https://dvbic.dcoe.mil/training/webinars/2016/cognitive-rehabilitation-mild-traumatic-brain-injury-applications-military For information on TBI or to get the DVBIC Family Caregiver Curriculum, go to https://dvbic.dcoe.mil or email us at [e-mail]. This podcast transcript is available online via the DVBIC website: http://dvbic.dcoe.mil/files/podcast/DVBIC_Podcast-Series_The-TBI-Family_Episode-4_Jan-3-2017_Transcript_v1.0_2017-02-15.pdf The views, opinions and/or findings contained in this podcast are those of the host, reporters and guests. They should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy or decision unless so designated by other official documentation. All music in this podcast was used according to Creative Commons licensing. Our theme song is "I Dunno" by grapes and our credit music is "Esaelp Em Xim" by Pitx, both from CCmixter.org. Other songs used were "From Here to Iceland (Full Version)" by Loch Lomond and "Green Gem" by Raez, from the Free Music Archive. [DCoE Product Unique Identifier 3905]