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Tag: Brain Injury Association of North Carolina

shows a young man in a wheelchair with other family members, one is playing a guitar
Posted inMedicaid

Medicaid Pilot Will Help Some, But Not All, NC TBI Patients with Rehab

by Thomas Goldsmith April 26, 2018April 26, 2018

By Thomas Goldsmith Carol Ornitz wants to make sure that her only son, Mark, 45, continues to live at home instead of in a nursing home, despite the disabling traumatic brain injury he sustained in a bike race 13 years ago. “He’s not confused enough not to know where he is put,” North Raleigh resident […]

a woman and young man sit at a table, the young man smiles at the woman, who looks at the camera.
Posted inDisabilities

Families Offer Praise, Ideas for Reforming NC’s Guardianship Process

by Taylor Knopf December 4, 2017March 3, 2019
Posted inUncategorized

Motorcycle Helmet Bill Zooms Through NCGA Committee

by Rose Hoban April 25, 2017October 8, 2022
Jeannie Irby talks with son Zack, a traumatic brain injury survivor in his specially equipped room in the family home in Burlington.
Posted inChronic Disease, Disabilities, Featured, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Rural Health

Burlington Family Fights On After Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury

by Thomas Goldsmith July 18, 2016October 1, 2019
Zack Irby, 27, was an active, busy young man before he had a horrific wreck in January 2013.
Posted inChronic Disease, Disabilities, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Medicaid, NC Health Briefs, Rural Health

A Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor’s Trail of Ups and Downs

by Thomas Goldsmith July 18, 2016September 7, 2016
A CT of the head years after a traumatic brain injury showing an empty space marked by the arrow were the damage occurred.
Posted inDisabilities, Featured, Long Term Care, State Health Policy

Lawmakers Look to Support People with Traumatic Brain Injury

by Editor December 4, 2014January 28, 2018

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