Brain injury rehabilitation

Miller-Dwan Rehabilitation Center at SMDC Medical Center offers inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs for people of all ages who have acquired a brain injury resulting in an activity limitation and who have the potential to return to the community. Each patient’s program and treatment is based on his or her unique needs.

We offer the only inpatient and outpatient brain injury programs in northern Minnesota that are accredited by the highly respected Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Our experienced team includes certified brain injury specialists.

We offer:

• Highly qualified team of professionals with extensive experience
• At least three hours of daily therapy on Monday through Saturday; Sunday sessions are also available as part of an individual’s treatment plan. We also offer additional time in recreational therapy and psychological counseling, important services not offered by all rehab programs.
• Regular care planning conferences for patients and their families with the treatment team
• A two-room safety suite that allows patients the freedom to move around in a secure area
• Close-observation beds near nurses’ station and Visionic, a state-of-the-art monitoring system that enhances patient safety but allows freedom to move throughout the center
• Special floor beds that give restless patients the room to move.
• Comprehensive vision program that helps patients compensate for impairments and incorporates a broad range of assistive devices
• Vestibular rehabilitation for people with dizziness, vertigo, loss of balance or vision and hearing impairments
• On-site psychology professionals
• Ability to develop plans to modify a patient’s environment to help reduce undesirable behavior
• One-to-one patient sitter, as needed, that offers patients a safe environment free of restraints
• Orientation groups that help improve patient’s short-term memory
• Expertise in treating spasticity, including intrathecal baclofen pump therapy (ITB) and BOTOX
• Visits from brain injury survivors, who give peer-counseling to patients and families
• Community outings so patients can practice their skills in real-life settings
• Health Portfolio, which compiles health information into a notebook designed to help a patient and caregivers manage ongoing health-care needs and resources in their community
• Patient and family referrals to support groups and community agencies