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Aiyana “Yani” Jones came to the Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann after autoimmune encephalitis left her in a near-comatose state. Yani had just been diagnosed with lup...
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A deepening commitment to community engagement intended to promote healthy lifestyle choices has become a core focus of the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation team.
A deepening commitment to community engagement intended to promote healthy lifestyle choices has become a core focus of the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation team.
The Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann provides state-of-the-art care for patients in an unresponsive wakefulness or minimally conscious state.
The Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann provides state-of-the-art care for patients in an unresponsive wakefulness or minimally conscious state.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded TIRR Memorial Hermann a nearly $200,000 grant to enhance workplace safety, reduce violence against nurses and improve care for brain injury patients.
The Texas Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded TIRR Memorial Hermann a nearly $200,000 grant to enhance workplace safety, reduce violence against nurses and improve care for brain injury patients.
Delirium is particularly common in the older adults who are critically ill and have preexisting dementia or cognitive impairment. The condition can be difficult to study due to its transient nature and as such there are no effective treatments.
Delirium is particularly common in the older adults who are critically ill and have preexisting dementia or cognitive impairment. The condition can be difficult to study due to its transient nature and as such there are no effective treatments.
Due to enhancements in health care and technology, people with spinal cord injury (SCI) are living longer, and the need is increasing for research into how to best provide care as these individuals adapt to challenges brought on by aging. An SCI Model Systems grant, awarded to TIRR Memorial Hermann earlier this year, is enabling the development of an innovative health promotion program aimed at engaging people with SCI, providing them with tailored education and peer engagement designed to address their unique challenges.
Due to enhancements in health care and technology, people with spinal cord injury (SCI) are living longer, and the need is increasing for research into how to best provide care as these individuals adapt to challenges brought on by aging. An SCI Model Systems grant, awarded to TIRR Memorial Hermann earlier this year, is enabling the development of an innovative health promotion program aimed at engaging people with SCI, providing them with tailored education and peer engagement designed to address their unique challenges.
In my travels around the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation network and throughout Houston and beyond, I meet many current and former patients whose lives have been changed as a result of the care they received from our providers.
In my travels around the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation network and throughout Houston and beyond, I meet many current and former patients whose lives have been changed as a result of the care they received from our providers.
Neuropsychology remains an underappreciated and underserved field in the United States. There is a shortage of practitioners with the expertise needed to address unique and constantly evolving neuropsychological health care needs of patients recovering from life-altering brain injuries and illnesses.
Neuropsychology remains an underappreciated and underserved field in the United States. There is a shortage of practitioners with the expertise needed to address unique and constantly evolving neuropsychological health care needs of patients recovering from life-altering brain injuries and illnesses.
At TIRR Memorial Hermann’s Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC), Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC, is spearheading efforts to explore the intersection of science, technology and community interaction in order to provide novel ways of caring for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
At TIRR Memorial Hermann’s Brain Injury Research Center (BIRC), Shannon Juengst, PhD, CRC, is spearheading efforts to explore the intersection of science, technology and community interaction in order to provide novel ways of caring for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
Explore our current research initiatives at TIRR Memorial Hermann.
Explore our current research initiatives at TIRR Memorial Hermann.
The TIRR Memorial Hermann Disorders of Consciousness Program is yet another facet of the care services we offer that sets us apart from other health systems in the nation.
The TIRR Memorial Hermann Disorders of Consciousness Program is yet another facet of the care services we offer that sets us apart from other health systems in the nation.
For the 35th consecutive year, TIRR Memorial Hermann is recognized as the best rehabilitation hospital in Texas and No. 2 in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Rehabilitation Hospitals" in America.
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