Serving America's Heroes
Origami is one of 21 facilities nationwide to be selected to participate in the Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Origami was awarded a contract through a competitive federal acquisition process to participate in the new Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (AL-TBI).
The program, the first of its kind for V.A., helps veterans with traumatic brain injuries who need long-term residential care by placing them in specialized TBI residential assisted living facilities like Origami that are closer to their homes and families, while avoiding institutional and hospital settings. Now, through treatment facilities like Origami, veterans are provided TBI rehabilitative care in residential settings while still receiving access to a wide range of post-acute services and supports from VA and the residential facility that will help them on the road to rehabilitation.
“It was an honor to be chosen to participate in this pilot program but the real honor is having the opportunity to work with heroes from our armed forces,” said Origami’s Director of Program Operations Eric Hannah, MSA. “These brave men and women put their lives on the line every day to defend our freedom. Everyone at Origami is excited about the chance to give something back by helping them recover from traumatic brain injuries so much closer to their homes and loved ones.”
“Brain injury affects everyone in a person’s life,” said Origami’s Director of Rehabilitation Services Tammy Hannah, OTRL, CBIS. “We believe it is essential that family and friends are a part of treatment. The commitment being made by the V.A. to that same principle through their new pilot program makes this treatment that much more promising.”
To learn more about participation in the V.A.’s pilot program at Origami, veterans or their families can contact Jennifer Pascoe at (517) 455-0264.
