Hello all,
Not much to tell, therapy is going good not expanding as fast I would like, but the equipment we need we keep getting turned down for. Application after application we apply, it is as if someone on the government's end can't wait to say no.
The funny or not so funny part is that nowhere on the forms do they give you instructions or an explanation of why our applications are turned down, they do not give any contact information or numbers to call to inquire. We will keep striving and working hard to expand on what was already built with hard work and therapy Chris is getting stronger all the time and if need be we will have to raise more money privately for the equipment needed instead of waiting for months or years. It is quite apparent that the well being of an individual is not as important as keeping the budget and expenses to an unreasonable level.
How many of you have been left without? Or your family members or friends unable to get what they need to recover and heal, I'm sure it's in the thousands and thousands of people tossed aside without care or thought and yet our government justifies massive spending and huge projects but forget about the people that make up this place we value so much!
Updates will be more frequent as time permit thank you all for your patience and support.
Chris and Kevin
2 comments:
Hello Chris and Kevin:
Here is a link that is very interesting.....but who reads it?
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2002/MHA_Brain_Injury_Guidelines.pdf
Take care and keep fighting the fight.
The HandTutor is now used in major rehabilitation clinics and may benefit Chris.
As we know, patients who have suffered traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, as well as other neuro and orthopedic injury, often have severe upper or lower extremity movement impairments. In short they have difficulty in doing the everyday living tasks that others take for granted. On a practical treatment aspect, many brain and spinal cord injury patients do not have sufficient movement ability to enable them to do repetitive active tasks or the active tasks can not be customized to work on their specific motor, sensory or cognitive impairment. This may lead to frustration and then depression during rehabilitation. HandTutor glove and dedicated rehabilitation software uses biofeedback encourages customized intensive and motivating hand exercises after: Stroke, brain/ spinal cord injury, Cerebral Palsy, Orthopedic hand/ arm surgery even if the patient does not have sufficient movement ability to enable them to do repetitive active tasks.
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