Former nurse Nora Stevenson developed a brain injury when she fell down stairs in December.
By Aileen MoynaghA former nurse who spent three months in the Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital said the unit gave her her life back.
"Not only were they teaching Nora but they taught me at the same time how to help Nora so that I would be able to continue some of her therapies at home," said Jennifer."It was so structured. Her whole day was taken up with different therapies which has resulted in her being as good as she is."She had that recovery because she was here [at RABIU] and had this concentrated period of rehab," she said.
"We might put a patient here on their own and we might give them a little structured timetable to follow," said Ms Woods."Can they do that themselves or do they need support? Can they remember to take their medications? "Are they safe overnight on their own? Will they have the right concept of day and night or will they be up wandering around?
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