SLI Wellness Center - Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research Programs

Supportive Living, Inc. (SLI), a leading provider of long-term housing and care for survivors of brain injury, is currently developing the SLI Wellness Center. The Center, located in Lexington, MA, has been designed to offer on-going rehabilitation programs for survivors of brain injury and to conduct research on the effectiveness of various rehabilitation offerings.

Over the past decade many advances have been made in the treatment of brain injury, at both the acute care and acute rehabilitation level. Unfortunately the on-going rehabilitation needs of survivors have not been a priority in the medical field, and not a reimbursable service by most health plans – public or private. This has left a very large gap in an extremely important area of rehabilitative care for brain injury, leaving many survivors without the tools needed to improve their quality of life.

Recent research in brain injury has shown that various ongoing rehabilitation programs can help improve many of the functions previously thought lost from the injury. In fact it has been proven that the brain can relearn how to perform various functions once thought disabled by the injury.

The Center will include a fitness area for PT and OT, a universally accessible kitchen for OT and social use, a multi-media and computer room, providing interactive software and communication tools used in brain injury rehabilitation, as well as private meeting rooms, a research library, and administrative offices.

The goal of the Center is to provide a location where a wide range of rehabilitation and therapy tools can be offered to survivors, allowing them to improve on a number of functions leading to their becoming more productive and involved in their community.

Goals of the research at the Center will be to develop a database of rehabilitation programs and results, providing solid proof of successful offerings. Research findings will then be disseminated to a variety of brain injury service providers, insurance carriers and public healthcare agencies in an effort to both educate and advocate for inclusion of on-going rehabilitation programs into the mainstream services for brain injury.

The cost to develop the Center is $300,000. As of June 2011 we have raised $260K, allowing us to complete everything in the wellness center except the fitness area, that will take the final $40k. As such we will extend the campaign until we meet our final goal. Rehabilitation services and research programs are in development.

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For more information on the Wellness Center or other SLI programs please Peter J. Noonan, Executive Director, at 781-937-3199 or peter.noonan@verizon.net. SLI is a 501(c) 3 non-profit charity organization. Please send your tax deductible donations to:

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Wellness Center Floor Plan

Wellness Center Advisory Council

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