Check out this team!

Interior Health’s Acquired Brain Injury Case Managers from across the Interior joined Patti Flaherty and Jill Howell on site this week for a tour of our homes. IH has contracted with CONNECT to provide transitional rehabilitation services for people from throughout the region. As one of six health authorities in British Columbia, Interior Health encompasses four Health Service Areas: Thompson Cariboo Shuswap, Okanagan, East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary. We were proud to show off our project and many of them had good questions about our programs and services, our physical buildings and the process for admissions. Patti Flaherty met with the group afterward to answer more questions in detail.

Our transitional rehabilitation program will be head up by Karen Tims from CONNECT and will encompass physiotherapy, occupational therapy, neuropsychological assistance, speech language rehabilitation and much more. Our homes will be busy assisting people who come from all over the region, likely from acute care, to reach their maximum potential and recovery from their injuries. People who enter under this program will have been referred by a physician to a review panel through Interior Health to ensure our programs and services will be of most benefit to them. We have 16 bedrooms available for this program for Interior Health clients. Our specialized services will also be available for private funders and we have 14 rooms set aside for those contracts.

12 people will be moving into CONNECT Lake Country on a longer term basis under a separate contract with Interior Health Okanagan.

The Case Managers from Interior Health will be responsible for arranging referrals, following their client's progress and helping with transition back to home communities.

From Left to Right: Jill Howell (CONNECT), Christine Coughlan (Thompson Cariboo Shuswap), Deborah Cantrell (Kootenay Boundary), Elizabeth Ruppel (Acute Okanagan), Shauna Kainer (East Kootenay), Terri Miazga (Kelowna), Sandra Morgan, (Summerland/Penticton), Linda Johnson (Kelowna), Julianne Menard (Vernon) and Lori Seeley the Acquired Brain Injury Clinical Lead for Interior Health Region.