Traffic notice: From 7 a.m. July 22 to 5 p.m. July 23, the westbound lanes on Bell Road near the QEII Halifax Infirmary will be closed. Only eastbound traffic will be permitted.
Expect delays and allow extra time when visiting. The emergency department remains accessible via eastbound Bell Road.
This service is available at the following locations:
- You can be admitted to the program through one of 3 pathways:
- If you are an ABI patient living in the community, you must be referred by a physician to the ABI Outpatient Clinic.
- If you are an ABI inpatient within the QEII, your treatment team sends a referral to the consult service.
- If you are an ABI inpatient in any other hospital within Nova Scotia, the team completes an application and sends it to the consult service.
- You must also meet the following admission criteria:
- Have sustained an Acquired Brain Injury
- Be 16 years of age or older
- Agree to inpatient admission
- Be medically stable
- Have functional challenges that require interdisciplinary tertiary rehab management
- Have the potential to make timely, reasonable, functional gains
- Have sufficient potential family /caregiver support in the identified discharge location to follow through with any required behavioral plan or environmental modifications.
- Meet the criteria outlined in the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation & Arthritis Centre Admission Guidelines and Consult Review. This is available under the Documents and Forms section.
Contact
Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre (NSRAC)
1341 Summer Street, Level 7
Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3H 4K4