We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Employee of the Season – Summer 2018 Rehabilitation Assistants: Ann Arbor Apts: Jeannette Judge Bell Creek 1: Stephanie Parker, Nicole Colemon Bemis: Katie Bobola Bellville: Octavia Hubert Carpenter: C’Aira Pickering, Chalaha Begum Farmington Hills Treatment Center: Tonia Goodwin Garden City Apts: Emonda Burroughs Gelnmuer:Carmella Bailey Golfside: Elizabeth Kerkes, Alex…
By Andrea Sweet, PT, DPT, CBIS Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers In our Fall 2017 issue of Rainbow Visions, readers were introduced to the ReWalk exoskeleton. The ReWalkTM is a robotic device that integrates the user’s movements with a system of motors at key joints to externally control gait.1 The ReWalk device has helped many individuals with…
By Blake Avery, RD and Brandi Jed, RD Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers For many people, nutrition is no more complicated than choosing what to eat. However, for individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), getting adequate nutrition can be extremely difficult. Due to the complex nature of brain injuries, pinpointing one specific cause of altered nutritional…
At the luncheon honoring the Spring 2018 Employees of the Season, Rainbow presented the Finance Pillar Award and People Pillar Award to two distinguished employees. Last year Rainbow established the Pillar Awards of Excellence to recognize employees who most embody Rainbow’s six Pillars of Excellence: Safety, Service, Quality, Growth, Finance and People. Two Pillar Award…
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Employee of the Season – Spring 2018 Rehabilitation Assistants: Arbor: Regina Thomas, Terrance Wilson Ann Arbor Apts: Danita Darling, Jalisa McConnell, Sarah Williams Bemis: Autumn LaTour, Jessica Kimbrough, Janifer Eddins, Stefayne Rushlow Bellville: Patricia Luchonok Brookeside: Richard Crawford Crane: April Tubbs Elwell: Dewayne Smith Farmington Hills…
By Mariann Young, Ph.D., CBIST Director of Pediatric and Young Adult Services, Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers The internet has changed the way we communicate. It has opened the world to children and teens. Information is a key stroke away, and the days of encyclopedias and other reference books are long gone. Young people communicate with friends,…
By Brandon Roscoe Vice President of Information Technology, Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers Constant evolution in technology is changing the way we communicate with others, control our environment, and experience freedom in our lives. Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers is using the latest in assistive technology to fulfill our mission of inspiring the people we serve to reach their…
When Will Quarles walks into a room, his presence demands attention. Everyone takes notice, given his impressive height of six feet seven inches. However, you quickly recognize his reserved demeanor is one of calm and determination. Will has made significant improvements, both physically and mentally, in the relatively short time that he has been treating…
By Sharon Hall, DPT, MS, NCS, M.Ed. “I think my head is going to explode!” “I have a migraine, my head hurts, I’m sweating, and I feel anxious.” These are all signs that an individual with a spinal cord injury may be experiencing autonomic dysreflexia (AD). John, a friend who has a spinal cord injury…
At the luncheon honoring the Winter 2018 Employees of the Season, Rainbow presented the Growth Pillar Award and Safety Pillar Award to two distinguished employees. The Growth Pillar Award recognizes an employee who has contributed significantly to areas that promote this pillar including, diversification of funding and increasing or executing key projects that facilitate growth. The Safety Pillar…