State of Mississippi Ranks High for Traumatic Brain Injury

There is no long-term, inpatient care facility in Mississippi for those suffering from severe brain injury, says Lee Jenkins, executive director of the Brain Injury Association of Mississippi. As a result, patients such as 34-year-old Neal Sandifer, a former athlete with a passion for the outdoors, is now living in a nursing home following a fall from a deer stand while hunting back in 2008.

According to Jenkins, most nursing homes aren’t equipped to handle the anger and outbursts often associated with a patient’s traumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as the rehab that is needed. Some severely brain-injured patients can even be a danger to themselves and others — that’s unless they are in a controlled environment, receiving the proper treatment. For more information, click here to read the full article.