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Spinal Cord injury program
The TRAC Group’s highly
skilled team of registered health-care professionals and
clinicians has extensive expertise and experience in addressing
the complex needs of adults and children recovering from spinal
cord injury.
Our approach
We understand the physiological, psychological, vocational
and social impact that spinal cord injury has on the person
who has suffered the injury. We also understand the impact
on caregivers and family members.
Our goal is to help clients maximize their independence and
self-reliance while achieving a successful and enduring reintegration
into their home, workplace and community. We also ensure our
each client’s equipment, attendant care, mobility and
accessibility needs are met so they can achieve the best possible
quality of life.
We use a multidisciplinary approach, meaning our clinicians
work together to develop and provide rehabilitation programs
and services tailored to meet each client’s unique needs.
Our integrated, comprehensive program helps clients and stakeholders
work on personal, work and leisure activities, while addressing
issues relating to long-term needs and cost of care. We also
educate clients and families about what they can expect during
the rehabilitation and recovery process.
Where and when we can help
Respected leaders in providing exceptional, evidence-based
rehabilitation therapy, the TRAC Group
offers bilingual programs and services across all of Eastern
Ontario—at home, at school, in the workplace or in community
settings.
We usually contact a new client within one day of an inquiry
or referral and services typically begin within a week. We
can begin working with the client prior to discharge from
the hospital or in-patient facility, helping to identify and
obtain the therapy and equipment needed after release. Our
programs and services begin immediately upon discharge and
continue through the rehabilitation process. We also provide
immediate services, on an interim basis, to clients who are
on waiting lists for other rehabilitation programs and services,
allowing clients to have uninterrupted therapy during their
optimum window of recovery.
Measurable, effective programs and services
Our spinal cord injury program team includes Physicians,
Rehabilitation Consultants, Occupational Therapists, Registered
Nurses, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Vocational Rehabilitation
Counsellors, Life Skills Workers, Accessibility Consultants
and Architectural Designers. Working together, we design and
deliver services that are tailored to each client’s
unique needs. We:
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Use objective, standardized assessment data to plan
and implement rehabilitation |
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Provide flexible programming designed to meet the
individual needs of clients during the various stages
of recovery |
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Offer trans-disciplinary rehabilitation through clinicians
with expertise in a minimum of five years’ experience
treating traumatic brain injury |
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Provide programs and services in efficient time frames
that ensure rehabilitation is client-specific, co-ordinated
and cost-effective |
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Use standardized measures to monitor clients’
progress, ensuring accountability to stakeholders |
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Work as a team to set goals for discipline-specific
treatment and for the client’s vocational, educational
and leisure pursuits |
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Use regular team conferences and bi-weekly teleconferences
to communicate effectively and identify issues in a
timely way |
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Provide monthly educational seminars to help clients,
families and caregivers better understand the recovery
and rehabilitation process |
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Use quality assurance measures to make sure our rehabilitation
plans are goal-directed and meet stakeholders’
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Every TRAC client’s file
is reviewed monthly by our Program Co-ordinator, who has 19
years’ experience in nursing and 15 years’ experience
in community rehabilitation. The Program Co-ordinator makes
sure program protocols are followed and rehabilitation plans
are working as they should be.
Contact us
Issues relating to spinal cord injury are complex and challenging.
The TRAC Group can help. Contact
us to make an appointment or referral.
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