The Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program (PABICOP) – An innovative comprehensive model of care for children and youth with an acquired brain injury

Issue title: Children and Youth with Traumatic Brain Injury

Guest editors: Marilyn Lash

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gillett, Jane^{; *}

Affiliations: Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc., Wake Forest, NC, USA

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Jane Gillett, MD, FRCP(C), Neurologist, Medical Director, Acquired Brain Injury Program, Hamilton Health Sciences Patterson Building, 3rd Floor, Chedoke Campus, Sanitorium Road, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. Tel.: +1 905 521 2100, ext. 74228; Fax: +1 905 385 3339; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: The Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Community Outreach Program – an innovative, comprehensive model of care for children and youth with an acquired brain injury is described. The background to the formation of the idea is delineated and the current function of the model given. Future directions are discussed. The program addresses the needs and issues of children and youth with an acquired brain injury and their families. Subsequent literature supports the concept of care that this program espouses.

Keywords: acquired brain injury, pediatrics, community, models of care

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2004-19304

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 207-218, 2004