Provision of resource facilitation services for individuals with acquired brain injury across the United States: results of a 2018 resource facilitator provider survey.

Objective: Resource Facilitation is a lesser-known service line within the field of brain injury rehabilitation and has been described as similar to case management, care coordination, and neuronavigation. The purpose of this project was to evaluate current Resource Facilitation programs and provide a comprehensive summary of program characteristics to work toward a common definition of Resource Facilitation services and inform future program development and evaluation frameworks.

Materials And Methods: An online survey was sent to all known Resource Facilitation programs in the US (N = 70).

The development and evaluation of a web-based programme to support problem-solving skills following brain injury.

Background And Aim: Cognitive impairments following brain injury, including difficulty with problem solving, can pose significant barriers to successful community reintegration. Problem-solving strategy training is well-supported in the cognitive rehabilitation literature. However, limitations in insurance reimbursement have resulted in fewer services to train such skills to mastery and to support generalization of those skills into everyday environments.

Comparison of a Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills Group to a Peer Support Group in a Brain Injury Population.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of 2 group treatments for persons with brain injury (BI) and their caregivers in promoting perceived self-efficacy (PSE) and emotional and neurobehavioral functioning.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Outpatient BI rehabilitation.

Is the montreal cognitive assessment superior to the mini-mental state examination in detecting subtle cognitive impairment among middle-aged outpatient U.S. Military veterans?

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a relatively newly designed test that was developed as a tool to screen patients with mild cognitive problems that are not typically detected by the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE). While early research suggests that the MoCA is more sensitive to subtle cognitive impairment than the MMSE, there is concern about potential decreased specificity when using the MoCA. The aim of the present study was to examine the comparative utility of using the MoCA and the MMSE to detect subtle cognitive impairment among a group of 82 middle-aged U.

Brain injury coping skills group: a preventative intervention for patients with brain injury and their caregivers.

Objective: To determine whether training in coping strategies will improve psychologic functioning and self-efficacy in survivors of brain injury (BI) and caregivers.

Design: Randomized controlled pilot study with measurements at baseline, postintervention, and 3-month follow-up.

Setting: Postacute rehabilitation clinic.