Research, consumer involvement, and models of care

Abstract

Many issues face the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and its role in the encouragement of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) rehabilitation research and the development of the TBI model systems of care. Yet, even though many complex difficulties face individuals who have sustained TBI, their families, care givers, researchers, and others whose lives have been changed by TBI, there is reason for optimism. Significant advances have been made in research, consumer involvement, and model systems of care for individuals who have experienced TBL Although accountability is a recurring watchword for public programs, particularly as a result of Federal legislation enacted in 1993, the TBI model systems of care have many attributes of an effective results-oriented system when examined in the light of the new measures of program success.