Patient Education Materials
Rancho has a medical consumer health information program (Med-CHIP) that helps the community of Rancho access quality patient education information in a user-friendly manner. The committee sets priorities, promotes expansion, and enhances the quality of new materials for the patients and families of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
Disclaimer: These materials have been provided for information purposes only. The use of these materials is your choice and does not represent an endorsement by or an official position of Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center.
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BRAIN INJURY
- Family Guide to The Rancho Levels of Cognitive Functioning - an evaluation tool used by the rehabilitation team that describes eight patterns or stages of recovery typically seen after brain injury.
- Guía Familiar sobre los Niveles de Función Cognoscitiva De Rancho Los Amigos - Los niveles de función cognoscitiva son usados como una herramienta de evaluación por el personal de rehabilitación. Los ocho niveles describen el curso o las etapas que típicamente siguen en la recuperación después de una lesión cerebral.
- Traumatic Head Injury - general information about traumatic brain injury, treatment and prognosis
- Traumatic Head Injury Organizations - a reference list of organizations that provide information about traumatic brain injury.
- Why is Forming Sounds and Words so Difficult? - brain injury or stroke can hurt the part of the brain that controls talking, and can lead to dysarthria
- Dysarthria: How Family Members Can Help - a person with dysarthria has trouble saying sounds and words clearly
- Aphasia: How Family Members Can Help - aphasia is a language disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language
- Afasia: Como Puede Ayudar La Familia
- What Causes Dysphagia? - a swallowing disorder has many causes
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DENTISTRY
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DIABETES
- Resources for Diabetes
- Recursos para Diabetes
- Foot Care for People with Diabetes
- Cuidado de Pies para las Personas con Diabetes
- Drive Safely with Diabetes - low blood sugar can affect your judgment and ability to drive - tips to help prevent hypoglycemia while driving
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NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome - what is GBS, it's treatment, and prognosis for recovery?
- Multiple Sclerosis - what is MS, it's symptoms, treatment, and prognosis for recovery?
- Multiple Sclerosis Organizations
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PATIENT SAFETY
- Tips for Safe Healthcare - how to make your hospital stay a safe one
- Medication Safety
- Seguridad en las Medicinas
- Refill Your Medication - use Rancho's new phone refill system
- Para Surtir su Medicina - Use el sistema nuevo del telefono para volver a surtir su medicina
- MRSA/VRE at Home - what precautions should family caregivers take for infected persons in their homes?
- MRSA/VRE en la Casa - ¿Que precauciones deben tener en la casa los familiares y proveedores de cuidado con las personas infectadas?
- Do I Need a Flu Shot? - influenza prevention and risk factors
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PRESSURE ULCER MANAGEMENT
- Getting Ready for Flap Surgery - what you should do before flap surgery to enhance healing
- At Home After Your Flap Surgery - post flap surgery care
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SELF CARE
- About Personal Care Attendants - please consider the following do's and don'ts about personal care attendants
- Proveedores de Cuidado Personal - favor de considerar las siguientes sugerencias con respecto a proveedores de cuidado personal
- Attendant Interview Aide - when you are interviewing possible attendants (personal helpers), please think about the following
- Entrevistando al Proveedor de Cuidados Personales - cuando esté entrevistando a alguna persona para el trabajo de Proveedor de Cuidados, piense en las siguientes preguntas
- Checklist of Duties for Personal Care Attendants
- Lista para Supervisar el Trabajo de el Proveedor de Cuidado
- How to Clean a Tracheostomy Stoma and Inner Cannula (Trach Care)
- How to do Manual Bowel Evacuation
- How to Take a Blood Pressure
- How to do Self Intermittent Catheterization (I.C.) for Female (clean method) - intermittent catheterization (I.C.) drains the urine from your bladder using a small tube
- How to Take Off and Put on an External Catheter
- How to do an Assisted Cough
- How to do Self Intermittent Catheterization (I.C.) for Male (clean method) - intermittent catheterization (I.C.) drains the urine from your bladder using a small tube
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SPINAL CORD INJURY
- Spinal Cord Injury - types of spinal cord injury, treatment, prognosis, research
- Spinal Cord Injury Question and Answers - frequently asked questions about spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Organizations - people with spinal cord injury can live a health life
- Organizaciones de Lesión en la Espina Dorsal - las personas con lesión en la médula espinal, pueden vivir una vida saludable
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STROKE
- Stroke Rehabilitation Information - effects of stroke, statistics, rehabilitation
- Stroke - what is it, what are warning signs?
- Stroke Prevention - lower your risk of stroke
- Stroke Recovery Resources
- Recursos Para Recuperacion de Embolios
- Wheelchair Positioning for a Person with Arm Weakness
- Why is Forming Sounds and Words so Difficult? - brain injury or stroke can hurt the part of the brain that controls talking, and can lead to dysarthria
- Dysarthria: How Family Members Can Help - a person with dysarthria has trouble saying sounds and words clearly
- Aphasia: How Family Members Can Help - aphasia is a language disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language
- Afasia: Como Puede Ayudar La Familia - la afasia es un desorden de lenguaje que resulta del daňo de las porciones del cerebo que son responsables del lenguaje
- What Causes Dysphagia? - a swallowing disorder has many causes
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VISION
- Healthy Vision at Your Desk - ten tips to protect your vision when using a computer
- Double Vision - identification and treatment of double vision
- Visual Field Loss/Neglect - identification and treatment of visual field loss/neglect
- Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy - identification and treatment of neuro-optometric rehablitation for patients at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center