In Spinal Column's Winter Issue, How Housing Helps Families Support Loved Ones
The new issue of Shepherd Center's quarterly magazine is now available for download as a PDF file here. Subscribers to the print version will receive copies via postal mail in the coming days.
In this issue of Spinal Column, we explore how patient and family housing, caregiver training, and transition support help families support loved ones during rehabilitation. We also celebrate the opening of the new Arthur M. Blank Family Residences, and the impact they will have on patients and families for years to come.
The magazine also features these stories, among other patient profiles, staff highlights, honorariums, and memorials:
In her role as housing director, Linda Bristol, supports out-of-town families throughout their time at Shepherd.
Spotlight on the Center for Assistive Technologies
Practical ways to help ease the transition to home so you can optimize recovery and help prevent rehospitalization.
For more than a decade after her multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, Kristine Werner Ozug has advocated on behalf of the MS community.
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With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.