Additional Services
PATIENT & FAMILY HOUSING Our Patient and Family Housing Program provides affordable housing options close to our flagship hospital in downtown Chicago for patients and families in need of accommodations. Please note, all housing is subject to availability. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is proud to partner with The Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile to offer free housing to our patients who are not enrolled in a government healthcare program and their families traveling from greater than 60 miles.
PSYCHOLOGY We are here to support both patient and family as feelings and thoughts emerge during the journey to recovery. Our trained professionals help with any psychological, emotional and/or social concerns or challenges.
LIFE CENTER An award-winning resource, the Henry B. Betts LIFE Center, offers educational materials, peer counseling and support for those whose day-to-day lives have changed due to the injury of a loved one. LIFE stands for Learning, Innovation, Family and Empowerment.
Brett’s Story: Back to College After a Traumatic Brain Injury
through our research to yield better, faster recoveries for patients. Brett was discharged 2.5 months later, and walked out the front door on his own. He returned to college at Indiana University where he switched his major to therapeutic recreation.
What was to have been a fun family vacation suddenly turned tragic. Brett went off a ski jump, landing on his head and shoulder, sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury and breaking his clavicle. His brain injury affected his memory, comprehension, speaking, mobility and ability to perform activities of daily living. As a result, Brett was admitted to the Amicous ® Program, which is designed to assess and rehabilitate brain-injured patients who are in a minimally conscious state. Within a few weeks, Brett could communicate by moving his eyes. A month later, he whispered his first
words, and by the end of that month, he was speaking extensively. By his third month, he was considered “fully conscious.” Brett relearned to sit, walk and balance during his physical therapy sessions, which focused on high-intensity, task- specific training, an approach proven
Watch Brett’s patient story video! Visit sralab.org/Brett
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