"All kinds of graft"
Dr. Steve Taylor, a professor at Syracuse University, Coordinator of Disability Studies and Director of the Center on Human Policy, is a staunch opponent of the brain injury rehab "industry."
"There are two kinds of rehab facilities: One is the greedy, private, for-profit corporations where there's all kinds of graft," he said. "Even if we eliminated all the graft and obvious corruption, still the basic problem is, in most states and provinces and certainly with our federal government here in the United States, there are strong incentives to put people with brain injuries away."
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One of the “group homes” used for brain-injured patients at Tangram. | |
That certainly appears to be true in Robbie Thompson's case. A review of patient files showed OHIP received regular requests for "90-day extensions of funding" from Chedoke Hospital on behalf of Tangram to continue a patient's treatment. The requests are form letters and in Robbie's case, OHIP approved every request for 90-day funding extensions.
As a personal care facility, Tangram does not perform medical or surgical procedures and New Medico's facilities were former nursing homes converted into rehab centres.
Dr. Taylor said rehab facilities are nothing more than rest homes that have changed their names. "Based on what I do know, I personally consider rehab facilities -- and this is not too strong a word -- a scam. They're very expensive, glorified nursing homes."
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