Nova Scotia to address gaps in care for brain injuries, health minister says
Posted Oct 17, 2014 06:33:35 AM.
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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s health minister says the government will develop a strategy aimed at improving long-term support services for those with acquired brain injuries.
Leo Glavine says the government wants to address gaps in community care services once patients are released from hospital.
Glavine says a review will be conducted next year and his goal is to have a new provincial program in place by early 2016.
He says there are no estimates yet on how much it would cost.
Ryan Blood, president of the Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia, says he welcomes the government’s move because there is a significant need for help beyond the initial acute care provided in hospitals.
Glavine says it’s estimated more than 2,700 people suffer brain injuries each year, while as many as 60,000 are dealing with the long-term impacts of such injuries.
