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Resource and Service Coordination
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) need a broad spectrum of medical and non-medical services that are often difficult to access due to fragmented service delivery systems, financial barriers, and a lack of understanding or knowledge of how to obtain appropriate services. Attempts by persons with a brain injury or their family members to coordinate opportunities for physical, cognitive, and vocational rehabilitation, in addition to independent living, education, and transportation are often met with despair and frustration. Although there are very real shortages of appropriate and obtainable services, there does exist in every state systems of services that can be accessed. Some state agencies, e.g. mental health, developmental disability, and human services, may offer case management services to coordinate, plan and broker services to clients with TBI. However, these agencies serve only segments of the population of persons with TBI and often are not staffed or trained adequately to serve the majority of persons with TBI's. A comparative analysis of 11 states' needs assessments for persons with TBI indicated that resource and service coordination is one of the highest priorities for service system development
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