- Start of resource
- Introduction
- Part A: Brain injury and specialist rehabilitation
- Part B: Values, principles pathways and core activities
- Part C: NSW local health districts and speciality networks
- Part D: Brain injury specialist rehabilitation programs
- Part E: Settings and pathways: the continuum of care
- Part F: Paying for and providing services
- Glossary
- Conceptual frameworks
- Paul’s story
- Bibliography
- References
Essential criteria
- Has evidence of a brain injury
- Aged 16-65 years
- Client is able to engage in the rehabilitation process
- Functional, cognitive and psychosocial brain injury rehabilitation goals identified
- Resides within the geographical service region
- Complex needs can be addressed within a multidisciplinary team approach.
Inclusion criteria
Priority | Criteria | Decision |
---|---|---|
Priority 1 | Severe* traumatic brain injury (TBI) less than two years ago | Accept |
Priority 2 | Moderate* TBI less than two years ago | Acceptance dependent upon service capacity, option for secondary consultation with treating team |
Priority 3 | Severe* TBI longer than two years ago | Acceptance dependent upon service capacity, option for secondary consultation with treating team, considered on a case-by-case basis if injury was more than five years earlier |
Non-traumatic brain injury (or ABI) that is not progressive nor degenerative | Accepted into the program at the discretion of the BIRP service manager, taking into account the capacity of the service and the complexity of the client’s needs. Option for secondary consultation with treating team | |
Complicated mild TBI, defined as: mild TBI Glasgow Coma Scale 14-15 resulting in one of the following:
| Accepted into the program at the discretion of the BIRP service manager, taking into account the capacity of the service and the complexity of the client’s needs. Option for secondary consultation with treating team | |
Priority 4 | ABI meets essential criteria and will benefit from a program that requires multidisciplinary allied health inputs and rehabilitation case management | Considered on case by case basis. Option for secondary consultation with treating team |
* Refer to classification of injury severity for TBI
Exclusion criteria
- ABI from progressive and degenerative neurological disorders
- No evidence of TBI
- Single discipline referrals
- Age
- Clients aged over 65 and still in the paid workforce will be considered on a case-by-case basis
- Clients under 18 years of age may continue to be managed by the paediatric BIRPs while in school and then transition to adult services.