Gripability is presently being applied in the departments for occupational therapy of the following spinal cord injury rehab centres
International
Swiss Paraplegic Centre
Formed in 1975, the Swiss Paraplegics Foundation built a
worldwide unique chain of extensive services
aimed at a complete rehabilitation
of paraplegics and tetraplegics. This is based on a close and efficient
cooperation between the Foundation, the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in
Nottwil as a privat running special clinic, the Swiss Paraplegics
Association as a self-help organization as well as the Swiss Paraplegic
Research.
http://www.paraplegikerzentrum.ch
Germany
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau
The Trauma Center in Murnau was opened on 24.01.1969, with a
department for spinal column and spinal
injuries as the first paraplegic
center in Germany. With a capacity of 81 beds, paraplegic and
tetraplegic patients are treated with all necessary resources available
to modern spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Unique to the clinic in
Murnau is the single sourced care of the paraplegic or tetraplegic
injured patients, starting from the accident to the release back home
and post-hospitalization.
http://www.bgu-murnau.de
Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg
The spinal cord injury centre Hamburg is a model organisation
for the treatment and rehabilitation of spinal
cord injuries. BUK Hamburg offers
individualized and comprehensive spinal cord injury rehabilitation. The
patients meet a highly specialized and experienced staff,
state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, proven treatment methods and
a large group of patients with similar injuries. Early rehabilitation
treatment focuses on working with patients physically and
psychologically. The Aim is for patients to maximize their neurological
recovery and general health improvement in minimal time and to instruct
them on all aspects of their injury and care, so that they will be
functionally able to return home as independent and productive as
possible, prepared to continue living their lives under the new
circumstances.
http://www.buk-hamburg.de
Neurological Rehabilitation Centre Greifswald
The NRZ is the treatment centre for paraplegics and the
priority centre for the treatment of severe
cranium and brain damage in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It also provides
neurological early rehabilitation and continuative rehabilitation as
well as follow-up curative treatment and medical-occupational
rehabilitation. Greifswald Rehab's spinal cord rehabilitation centre
provides both inpatient and outpatient services and is an essential
link in the continuum of care — from acute hospital care up
to rehabilitation to a successful return back into the community
— for people who sustain paraplegia or tetraplegia in
consequence of injurie or illness.
http://www.nrz-greifswald.de
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt
Since 1962, the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik
Frankfurt am Main has been treating paraplegic
and tetraplegic patients whose
condition has been caused by accident or disease. The treatment
objective for patients is to attain the highest possible independence
with the help of all available resources so that they can return to
their private surroundings. Here comprehensive multi-disciplinary rehab
programmes are offered to optimize patients functional abilities.
http://www.bgu-frankfurt.de
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Duisburg
Duisburgs spinal cord injury centre provides for the
multidisciplinary coordination of emergency and acute
medical/surgical care, rehabilitation beginning at the onset of acute
care, vocational- evaluation and training, and lifetime follow-up care
for persons with spinal cord injury. Part of achieving this is
´by keepïng pace with progress in medical
technology, and by providing the appropriate environment in which it
can happen. Currently a new operation and functional wing is being
built to ensure that we can continue to treat our patients in a modern,
state-of-the-art clinic.
http://www.bgu-duisburg.de
