Wednesday, April 8, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7
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by Scott McCullar
THIS IS 1/JCRE.DIBLE, AWFUL,
ItlSGUSTING! THIS is THE ENP
Iop another semester and the
IfFRI fiERAfOR STILL HAS
NEVER BEEN CLEANED OUT!!
I IT'S TERRIBLE in there, guts!
HAVE TOO EVER REALLY LOOKED
IN HERE AT ALL THIS CRAP??
OLD, BROWN MAYONNAISE, SOLID
MOLD HOT DOGS, IS THIS BRIGHT
YELLOW THING THE LETTUCE?
WHAT'S THIS 816 THING IN THE
BACA IN ALU/AIA/UfA FOIL?
NO TELLING WHAT THIS IS, OR
HOW LONG IT'S BEEN IN HERE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE 1
FOOD OR.. GOOD GOD, I THINK
IT’S SOMETHING COMPLETELY...
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Rehabilitation community
retrains head injury victims
Homelike environment helps injured learn
o live independently, recover functions
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SAN MARCOS (AP) — Amy Zi-
telske can barely remember the
April day in 1978 when a head-on
[collision on a rural Michigan road
changed her life.
She was a high-school student, 17,
planning to go to college, but instead
|spent several years in a hospital, and
ihen at home, trying to regain her
[strength and the motor functions
she lost when her head was injured.
Today, Zitelske is at the Tangram
Rehabilitation Network, a rehabilita
tion community where people with
head injuries are retrained in a
homelike environment.
“I’ve had a rough life ever since
my accident, but I’m learning how to
take care of myself,” says Zitelske,
now 26, who came to the center in
November 1983 and plans to go to
nursing school someday.
Several hundred people with
head injuries have passed through
the doors of Tangram since it was
opened by Dr. Stanley Seaton in
1978.
Since then, it has grown to seven
programs at four facilities that chal
lenge people injured in accidents to
take on more responsibility in ma
naging their lives independently.
David Seaton, the administrator
of the center founded by his father,
said Tangram was the first center of
its kind to treat people with head in
juries.
Before Tangram, most people
with head injuries were sent home
from the hospital, but did not pro
gress because relatives often were
unable to stimulate their recovery,
Seaton said.
He said the center’s 100 staff
members work hard to get those
people to learn to fend for them
selves.
“We’re not a hospital, and it’s very
important that we keep that in mind
when we treat our clients, Seaton
said. “It’s great to be a pioneer. It’s
“The majority of the peo
ple (with head injuries)
will need help for the rest
of their lives to some de
gree. ”
— David Seaton, adminis
trator of the Tangram Re
habilitation Network
m&i^usrmassmm
exciting to be on the forefront of
what is going on. There are no
boundaries.”
This year, about 90 people will be
involved in the programs at Tan
gram.
Some will progress enough to live
independently, hut most will stay,
Seaton said.
“You don’t overcome a head in
jury,” he said. “You learn to com
pensate for it.
“The majority of the people will
need help for the rest of their lives,
to some degree.”
Most of the people being treated
at Tangram suffered brain injuries
in car accidents and have to relearn
to walk or talk, Seaton said.
They are divided into different
programs based on their needs.
They live together and are responsi
ble for certain jobs in the home.
They also are required to keep a
daily journal about each day’s activ
ities.
Their progress is discussed every
two weeks with some of the 100 staff
members, who include physical ther
apists, speech pathologists, horticul
turists and nurses.
Clients grow some of the vegeta
bles used in the center’s kitchens and
also run a greenhouse-nursery as a
business.
Seaton said the treatment pro
gram costs about $65,000 per year,
and that most of his clients’ expenses
are paid by insurance companies, or
through workmen’s compensation
or lawsuit settlements.
Seaton said his staff members —
some of whom were clients — are at
the heart of the recuperation proc
ess.
“They are energetic, enthusiastic
and they care for people,” he said.
“We pick people for their plersonal-
ity, rather than their background.
“There’s a lot of satisfaction work
ing with the clients, especially when
you watch someone new go through
the system. The majority of the staff
can see a whole lot of themselves in
those clients.”
Patti Thomas, director of the
camping program, said the people
who come to Tangram work hard,
despite knowing their lives will never
be the same.
“Most people, when they come
here, have a low self-esteem,”
Thomas said. “The first thing they
have to learn to do is to begin feeling
better about themselves.
“They’re going to have trouble
leading the lifestyle they had before
they had a head injury. After work
ing with these clients for four years,
I have tremendous respect for the
courage that they have.”
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