By: Lynn Conzemius, LMSW, CCM, CBIS Mental Health Therapist, Case Management Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers Late last year, I was checking email when I found the subject “HELLO LYNN!!!!!!!!” I recognized the address as a former client at Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers. The email continued with the following: I am checking in to let you know how…
We live in an age of technology, and everywhere we look we see it in use: iPods, Blue Ray players, tablets, smart phones, smart TVs, and the list goes on and on. It’s estimated that there will be 90 million tablet users in the U.S. by this year. There are 225 million smart phone users…
By Bill Buccalo, President Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers This is a very busy time both in the industry and here at Rainbow where we continue to push forward on wide variety of efforts to improve and grow. Here is a general update on a variety of these topics. Legislative update Gov. Snyder made no mention of…
By Pamela T. Boykin, M.Ed., CCC-SLPRainbow Rehabilitation Centers Basic knowledge of neurological systems indicate that the brain and nervous system are the body’s control center. These neurological systems control the movements, senses, thoughts, memories and all of the organs in the body. Natural changes with aging occur in the brain and nervous system and are referred…
Winter Storm Ion was one of the worst storms in recent memory. Though businesses and schools were closed Monday, including Rainbow’s offices and treatment centers, our homes and specialized residential programs remained open and staffed. Some employees arrived for their shift with a change of clothing and essentials to work two shifts. Although the roads…
In January of 1994, Rainbow opened its first residential facility for children with traumatic brain injury, and as it has grown, so too has our programming for our younger clients. In the last 20 years, Rainbow has opened additional pediatric and young adult residences, a semi-independent apartment program and a dedicated pediatric treatment center. But…
Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers, which provides services to people with brain and spinal cord injuries, celebrated the opening of its new Farmington Hills treatment center on Dec. 11, with employees and healthcare professionals from around metro Detroit. The 11,000-square-foot facility on Orchard Lake Road houses a computer lab, full fitness center, private therapy areas, therapeutic kitchen and laundry, vocational rehabilitation…
By Heidi Reyst, Ph.D., CBIST Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers Annually, 1.7 million people incur a traumatic brain injury (TBI); (Faul, Xu, Wald and Coronado; 2010) and over 795,000 people sustain a stroke in the U.S. alone (Roger et al., 2012). Collectively, nearly 2.5 million individuals sustain an acquired brain injury (ABI) annually. The annual incidence rate of…
By Heidi Reyst, Ph.D., CBIST Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers When psychologist William James wrote the word “plasticity” as a reference to the human cortex in his book The Principles of Psychology published in 1890, it was the first noted use of its kind. Specifically he wrote Plasticity “means the possession of a structure weak enough to yield…
By Heidi Reyst, Ph.D., CBIST Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers For nearly a century there has been evidence that the brain is far more capable of change than has been given credit. Conventional science has largely ignored this data in favor of the Doctrine of Localization whereby one discrete location of the brain accounts for one specific function, and if injury occurs…