Brad Loftis, founder and CEO, and Marie Gallina, President, are Certified Long Term Care Administrators with 27 years of combined experience working with people with disabilities. In addition, Brad was raised from the age of two with a severely disabled brother who received a brain injury in a baseball accident. With both a personal and professional commitment to compassion and supportive care in a positive and encouraging atmosphere, they understand the physical, emotional, cognitive, and psychological issues that face many brain injury survivors. They address these issues in a therapeutic milieu that is, at the same time, a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere.

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As a family member of a brain injury survivor, I have been profoundly impacted by the understanding that although survivors may not return to being "productive members of society" by society's standards, their successes lie in teaching us patience, compassion, courage, the concept of giving and receiving with others; and the ability to face life with a sense of joy despite the hardships they have endured. These teachings give them a tremendous purpose in life to remind us all of what is really important.

Family and friends may not see the survivor as the "same person" they knew before their injury, resulting in lost friendships and sometimes non-supportive family relationships. These lost relationships often result in isolation and depression which many times manifest itself with inappropriate social behaviors and a decline in physical and cognitive abilities. Developing new friendships with staff and other participants, and teaching relationship building skills are the foundation we build upon to gain therapeutic momentum and participation in other therapies.

For Marie and I, our experience over the years, and in operating our own 24 hour Residential Care Facility for survivors, brought us to conclude that a program such as the Cognitive Enhancement Center is desperately needed and not provided anywhere in the region. Our conclusion is partly based upon many of our clients quickly depleting their insurance coverage for acute and outpatient rehabilitation services, which usually last from two to eight weeks, therefore leaving them without continued long-term post acute rehabilitation opportunities. Our program provides these opportunities and assists our clients to obtain significant gains from their treatment plans. The Cognitive Enhancement Center is affordable for survivors and families to enable long-term participation, to maximize progress and achieve positive clinical outcomes. Please call us for more information and to schedule a tour.

15705 S.E. Powell Blvd.

Portland OR 97236

503-760-0425

"Brain injury survivors have needed a program such as the Cognitive Enhancement Center. At this point, no other program exists in the Pacific Northwest to address the needs of survivors at this level. I am very excited about the opportunities this center offers and how that it is the final step in the long continuum of care brain injury survivors need to foster independence, improve self esteem and develop friendships and relationships in a healthy environment. It is for this reason, that I am proud to include the Cognitive Enhancement Center in the NeuroNet Centers of Excellence network of services for brain injury survivors."

-Kristi Schaefer, RN
President and CEO. NeuroNet LLC.

The Cognitive Enhancement Center will meet or exceed the standards set by
the National Adult Day Services Association
 

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