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

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Medicaid Pilot Will Help Some, But Not All, NC TBI Patients with Rehab - North Carolina Health News

Medicaid and the state of North Carolina recently announced they’ll spend a combined $6 million for a higher level of services for traumatic brain injury patients, in part to keep them out of long-term care.

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 […]

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

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Families Offer Praise, Ideas for Reforming NC’s Guardianship Process - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina's program to provide guardianship for people with serious mental health or intellectual issues is in need of updating. In a multipart series, NC Health News will take a look at the issues around guardianship and what might need to change.

By Taylor Knopf A week before Shawn Stead’s 12th birthday, he was riding a scooter in his Garner neighborhood when a Ford F-150 truck hit him. He suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), spending the first three weeks at WakeMed hospital in Raleigh unconscious. Doctors said he would likely die or be brain dead. Shawn’s […]

Motorcycle Helmet Bill Zooms Through NCGA Committee

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Motorcycle Helmet Bill Zooms Through NCGA Committee - North Carolina Health News

A now-familiar bill would allow for motorcycle riders to ride bare-headed once they’re over 21 years old. The bill goes to the House floor for vote today.

By Rose Hoban Similar to how a tire rotates, returning to the same position, a bill removing the requirement for most motorcyclists to wear a helmet has returned to the General Assembly. During Monday’s meeting of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston), the committee chair, introduced for discussion a bill that would make […]

Jeannie Irby talks with son Zack, a traumatic brain injury survivor in his specially equipped room in the family home in Burlington.

Burlington Family Fights On After Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury

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Burlington Family Fights On After Son’s Traumatic Brain Injury - North Carolina Health News

The experiences of two families devastated by traumatic brain injury display the limitations of North Carolina's ability and willingness to help their injured children.

By Thomas Goldsmith On Jan. 28, 2013, the Irby family of Burlington found their way of life forever changed. That was the day that son Zack Irby, at 23, rear-ended a truck on Interstate 85, crumpling his Ford Focus and suffering injury that sheared every nerve from his body to his brain. After he was […]

Zack Irby, 27, was an active, busy young man before he had a horrific wreck in January 2013.

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

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A Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor’s Trail of Ups and Downs - North Carolina Health News

By Thomas Goldsmith Many sudden trips to emergency departments, long stays in myriad hospitals, and countless interactions with health-care and government professionals have marked the past four and a half years for the Irby family of Burlington. Their goal was continuing rehabilitative treatment for son Zack, 27, who emerged from a January 2013 car wreck […]

A CT of the head years after a traumatic brain injury showing an empty space marked by the arrow were the damage occurred.

Lawmakers Look to Support People with Traumatic Brain Injury

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Lawmakers Look to Support People with Traumatic Brain Injury - North Carolina Health News

People in North Carolina with traumatic brain injury are closer to getting more state funds for treatment.

By Rose Hoban Becky and Larry Knowles’ son, Michael, was 26 years old when the car he was riding in was involved in a collision. One side of Michael’s skull was crushed; he lost the vision in one eye and has only partial vision in the other. That was 20 years ago. In an instant, […]

A CT of the head years after a traumatic brain injury showing an empty space marked by the arrow were the damage occurred.

Clubhouse Offers Support, Lessons in Advocacy for Brain Injured

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Clubhouse Offers Support, Lessons in Advocacy for Brain Injured - North Carolina Health News

People with brain injuries find help and fellowship at a program in Raleigh. By Brenda Porter-Rockwell Editor’s Note: Because of the sensitivity of members’ conditions, we have agreed to use first names only. The morning meeting at the Gateway Clubhouse opened with a reading of the minutes, including brain teasers, upcoming activities and a recap […]

Not-For-Profits Worry about Funding Changes

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Not-For-Profits Worry about Funding Changes - North Carolina Health News

Not-for-profits contracted by the state to provide human services are worried about the way lawmakers want to distribute funds for their work. By Rose Hoban A low-income family in Camden County receives a bag of groceries from the Food Bank of the Albemarle. A young adult with autism goes to a therapeutic camp for a […]

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Motorcycle Helmet Bill Crashes in Committee

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Motorcycle Helmet Bill Crashes in Committee - North Carolina Health News

By Rose Hoban A bill that would have removed the requirement for motorcycle riders over the age of 21 to use a helmet while riding ran into a roadblock this week. The bill, which passed the House Transportation Committee in late March, took a detour for close to a month before resurfacing this past week […]

Motorcycle Helmet Repeal Bill Passes First Mile Marker

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Motorcycle Helmet Repeal Bill Passes First Mile Marker - North Carolina Health News

Helmets are currently required for everyone who rides a motorcycle, but a bill to remove the requirement for adults passed a House committee Tuesday. By Rose Hoban Sandra Farmer knows two young women, both in their early ’30s, who fell off the back of motorcycles a few years ago. One was wearing a helmet, one […]

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