The NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program includes a range of service models including inpatient programs, community programs and transitional living programs.
A transitional living program (TLP) is a specialised brain injury rehabilitation service offering periods of intensive multi-disciplinary rehabilitation in a home-like, residential environment. People are given the opportunity to build and practice their independent living skills. Programs may include individual therapy, group activities and a mix of home and community experiences. Support needs can be explored, risks assessed, and strategies to manage disability implemented and practised.
TLPs are typically offered Monday-Friday, but may vary depending on the nature of the service and the nature of the individual’s program. Clients return home for the weekend (or for alternate weeks), providing opportunities for engagement with family and friends and to practice new skills in their own home.
Some programs are designed as a bridge between inpatient rehabilitation and returning home. Other programs may be offered to people living with brain injury in the community who need to re-engage with a specialist rehabilitation service to work on new activity or participation goals.
Programs are tailored to meet the needs of each person to:
- reduce the impact of impairments
- learn and apply useful strategies for managing disability in everyday living, decision making and social participation
- establish local supports and needed services to maximise independence.
- Improve access for people located in remote parts of NSW to specialist brain injury rehabilitation when their inpatient programs have ended.
Seven transitional living programs are provided as part of the NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. Each program is tailored according to local needs and resources. Programs are located at:
- Tamworth
- Newcastle
- Goulburn
- Albury
- Ryde
- Liverpool
- Bathurst
Contact your nearest TLP to find out if their program is right for you or your client.