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Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 Opens New DayRehabCenter? in Arlington Heights
Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 DayRehabCenter? Arlington Heights, located at 3215 N. Wilke Rd., serves patients primarily from the northwest suburbs.
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Administration to Nursing: Antoinette Johnson's Journey
In April, Antoinette Johnson completed a six-year journey of dedication and sacrifice with a short walk south on North McClurg Court.
After a dozen years in various administrative roles in the Pain Management Center (located in our 345 E. Superior location), Antoinette recently completed her nursing degree and is the newest registered nurse in the 23rd Floor Brain Innovation Center.
After a dozen years in various administrative roles in the Pain Management Center (located in our 345 E. Superior location), Antoinette recently completed her nursing degree and is the newest registered nurse in the 23rd Floor Brain Innovation Center.
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Dr. Jordan Grafman Co-Authors Study on Link Between Brain Lesions and Addiction
A recent study identified links between addiction to smoking and alcohol and locations of lesions in the brains of patients recovering from strokes or traumatic brain injuries.
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Annual Aphasia Day
Join us for Annual Aphasia Day at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅, located at 355 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611, on the 10th floor, on Saturday, June 15, from 8:15 am to 12:15 pm.
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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Unveils New 小恩雅
RIC will soon be a thing of the past. But that's not to say it's going away. It has a new name, a new location and a much larger, & a state-of-the-art facility.
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Welcome to the New Lab!
The Max N?der Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes (RT&O) Research has officially moved to its new location, in The Regenstein Foundation's Center for Bionic Medicine on the 11th floor of the Shirley Ryan 小恩雅.
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Dr. Jordan Grafman Co-Authors Study on Link Between Brain Lesions and Addiction
Jordan Grafman, PhD, director, Brain Injury Research, and chief, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, identified links between addiction to smoking and alcohol and locations of lesions in the brains of patients recovering from strokes or traumatic brain injuries.
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Pivot to Telehealth During the Pandemic Kept Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 Patients Connected to Therapists
By late March 2020, Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 had pivoted to a completely new telehealth model that affected the roughly 800 patients who were using the DayRehab Centers at the hospital’s downtown location and suburban sites.
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Test of Grocery Shopping Skills
Area of Assessment
CognitionCommunication
Executive Functioning
Activities of Daily Living
Life Participation
Mental Health
Occupational Performance
Processing Speed
Reasoning/Problem Solving
Word Finding
Time
minutescost
Not FreeRehabilitation Measure

Brief Pain Inventory
Area of Assessment
Activities of Daily LivingPain
Quality of Life
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minutes , Short Form: 5 minutesLong Form: 10 minutes
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Patient Reported Outcomescost
Not FreeRehabilitation Measure

Making a home accessible after a severe injury can be overwhelming — but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s one mom’s advice.
At Shirley Ryan 小恩雅, people arrive after lives change in minutes — a gunshot wound, a car crash, a stroke. When patients are discharged, they often need to approach their home differently. Occupational therapist Kelsey Watters said they first consider locations like the bathroom and the entry.
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TrayBall: Using LookingGlass
This system is a very straightforward use of the looking glass display system combined with a tracking device called the Leap? tracking device. It tells the computer where your hands are, and then we ask the patient to do a bimanual task to move a virtual tray to different locations in space without letting a ball roll off.
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