We admit patients who have suffered traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries except those on ventilators, those who have previously received rehabilitation services with the qualifying diagnosis of brain injury but develop new functional impairments, and those emerging from a coma which are evaluated on an individual basis. This happens to about 1.7 million Americans each year. We provide residents up to six hours of individual and group therapy, six days a week, to help them build function and independence. 53,000 deaths, 235,000 trips to the hospital, and 1.1 million trips to the ER each year are because of TBI. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. The California Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Board ("Board") advises state leadership on policies, programs, and services impacting people with TBI, their families, and support systems. Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI happens when an external blunt force injures the brain. Since 1976, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has provided categorical care in a Brain Injury program for inpatients and outpatients and was first an RSA, then a NIDRR-designated Model System for TBI since the inception of those programs. Now, SCVCM treats those with mild TBI, very severe injuries, and those transitioning into the community. Our goal-directed approach helps brain injury patients to: Increase … CALIFORNIA TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) ADVISORY BOARD.
Our Transitional Living Center (TLC) is a 42-bed, CARF-accredited treatment facility that offers individuals with brain injuries a bridge between acute rehabilitation and home.

The Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute at Santa Barbara, is a 38-bed center that provides comprehensive medical care to those with catastrophic injury and illness, including brain and spinal cord injury survivors.
The California TBI Advisory Board was established within and under the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Reauthorization Act of 2014 and the Federal Administration …