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North
Carolina Provides Help for People with TBI
and Their Families
Resources for Local Management Entities (LME'S) and Providers
Family
and Community Support Offices:
Support
Groups
LMEs (local management entities for
mental health, developmental disabilities
and substance abuse services)
NC
Law Establishes TBI Advisory Council
By law,
the Council:
*Reviews
how the term 'traumatic brain injury'
is defined by state and federal regulations
and to determine whether changes should
be made to the state definition....
*Promotes
interagency coordination among state agencies....
*Studies
the needs of individuals with traumatic
brain injury and their families.
*Makes
recommendations to the Governor, the General
Assembly, and the Secretary of Health
and Human Services regarding...the statewide
service delivery system.
*Promotes and
implements injury prevention strategies
across the state.
2008 Meetings:
10:00am-1:00pm:
3/12 | 6/04 | 9/17 | 12/10
March 12- Room 201, Council Bldg. Dorthea Dix Campus
June 4 - Hickory Room, Bldg. 1, 5505 Six forks Rd., Division of Public Health
September 17 - Pine Room Bldg 1, 5505 six Forks Rd., Division of Public Health
December 10 - Cardinal Room, Bldg. 3, 5605 Six Forks Rd., Division of Public Health
Minutes 2008:
06/04/08 (Draft) | 03/12/08
Minutes
2007:
12/12/07 | 9/13/07 | 6/13/07 | 3/14/07
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Vulnerable to Brain Injury
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Article
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Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke
LMEs
May Request State Brain Injury Funds
Form
NC Statute Defines TBI as Developmental Disability
NC G.S. 122C-3(12a) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:
a. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
b. Is manifested before the person attains age 22, unless the disability is caused by a traumatic head injury and is manifested after age 22;
c. Is likely to continue indefinitely;
d. Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self-care, receptive and expressive language, capacity for independent living, learning, mobility, self-direction and economic self-sufficiency; and
e. Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of a lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated; or
f. When applied to children from birth through four years of age, may be evidenced as a developmental delay.
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Someone sustains
a brain injury every 15 seconds in the
U.S. More than 5 million Americans alive
today have had a TBI resulting in a permanent
need for help in performing daily activities.
In North Carolina:
- More people are
dying from traumatic brain injuries
now than in 1999.
- Five people died
each day and 37 people every week due
to TBI in 2004.
- There were over
5,000 hospitalizations for TBI just
in 2004.
Survivors of
TBI are often left with significant cognitive,
behavioral and communicative disabilities,
and some patients develop long-term medical
complications, such as seizures....
Facts and Figures:
North
Carolina | U.S.
Who
Are Most at Risk for TBI?
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Males are about
1.5 times as likely as females to
sustain a TBI.
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The two age groups
at highest risk for TBI are 0 to 4
year olds (falls) and 15
to 19 year olds(auto accidents).
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Certain military
duties (e.g., paratrooper) increase
the risk of sustaining a TBI.
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African Americans
have the highest death rate from TBI.
Other
Resources
Brain
Injury Association of North Carolina
Brain
Injury Association of America
Model
Systems of Services
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Brain
Trauma Foundation
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke
Online
Resource for Americans with Disabilities |