Brain
Injury Services of SWVA Board of Trustees,
Brain Injury Services of SWVA Staff,
Colleagues and Friends:
I am writing to you today to share some good news for persons living
with brain injury, their families and those of us who work with and
care deeply for individuals living with brain injury. Lakeview, a
provider of residential and neurobehavioral treatment facilities has
agreed to purchase a former nursing home campus in Blacksburg,
Virginia.
The campus is comprised of two buildings and the thinking at this
point is to house 14 beds in one building for long term and short
term brain injury residents and 8 beds in the other building
specifically for the treatment of neurobehavioral issues arising
from brain injury. A therapy area will be constructed in the
neurobehavioral treatment building to be used by all campus
residents as prescribed. The closing date for the transfer of
property is tentatively scheduled for January 24, 2006, however,
there is hope that a closing will occur sooner. Specifics about
renovation time line, opening date, admission and discharge
criteria, payment options, pricing, etc. are not known to me at this
time. I am confident these specifics will be made available as soon
as practically possible.
Please join me in a special thanks to Fran and Greg Rooker for their
initiative and perseverance in enlightening Lakeview owners and
staff to the possibilities of serving persons with brain injury in
Southwest Virginia. As you know, the Rookers are unique in their
foresight and dedication to the service of those with brain injury.
In 1997, they formed The Jason Foundation to provide information,
referral and monetary resources to brain injury survivors. To
further their desire to serve, they formed Brain Injury Services of
SWVA whose staff provides specialized case management services, life
skills training and volunteer public service placement for
survivors. The opening of this new and much needed avenue of
service marks yet another chapter in the Rookers endeavors to help
individuals with brain injury live as independently as possible in
their community of choice.
M. Helen Butler, RN, CBIT
Executive Director
Brain Injury Services of SWVA
302 Second Street
Third Floor
Roanoke, VA 24011
(540) 344-1200
FAX: (540) 344-9775
email:
helen@bisswva.org
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