Community Resources
Community resources are available in most communities across the nation. Larger cities generally have more established resources than smaller communities. Every community is different. Community resources can be essential components of a successful discharge plan. Your treatment team will work with you to determine what is available near your home and what you will need to have a successful discharge to home.
Below are listed some of the community resources available in the Salt Lake City area. These may provide a guideline that may help you find resources in your area as well.
Brain Injury Association of Utah
The Rehabilitation Center works closely with the Brain Injury Association of Utah for legislative advocacy, resources, education and support for brain injury survivors and their families. weblink
Brain Injury Association of Utah
Governors Council on Disabilities
The Rehabilitation Center finds the Governors Council to be a critical link for the disabled individual to learn essential new skills. The Governors Council works to create advocacy and leadership within the disabled community.
Governors Council on Disabilities
Intermountain Therapy Animals
Therapy animals are an important tool for some patients to re-connect to a meaningful life after a life-changing event. Intermountain Therapy Animals and the Rehabilitation Center for decades have partnered together to help patients move through this difficult transition.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
The Rehabilitation Center is fortunate to have 2 Paralympic medalists that work for the Rehab Center and 2 of our staff that volunteer for the IPC to provide more opportunities for persons with some level of impairment or disability to understand that they can engage in life-enriching activities, at the elite athlete level or at the casual activity level or any level in-between.
International Paralympic Committee
National Ability Center
The Rehabilitation Center works closely with the National Ability Center and our TRAILS program creating opportunities and training for people with disabilities to engage in sport.
SPLORE
The Rehabilitation Center works closely with SPLORE to create many opportunities to engage in activities that enrich their life.
Think First: Head and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program
Think First is the leading national organization developed and working to spearhead brain injury and spinal cord injury prevention through education, research and policy.
Think First: Head and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program
TRAILS (Therapeutic Recreation And Independent Lifestyles)
The mission of TRAILS is to promote health and active lifestyles for individuals with spinal cord injury or disease through the educational, social, and psychological components of recreation.
University of Utah Stroke Center
The Stroke Center has been a driving force in developing Utah's premier emergency and acute services, provider education and prevention programs. A multidisciplinary team of physicians work together to provide a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic options for stroke patients.
The Stroke Center emphasizes acute intervention and is engaged in clinical trials with the goal of optimizing outcomes for stroke patients. The Rehabilitation Center works collaboratively with the Stroke Center to achieve the optimum patient outcomes for stroke survivors. Our work together includes the clinical continuum of care and research to improve stroke care in the future.
