Most people, at some point in their lives, may worry briefly about being in a car accident. Most, however, don't worry about what might happen after that accident and how their lives could be changed.

Walton West Transitional Living Center [Augusta, GA] works with survivors of brain injury who are well enough to leave the hospital, but not quite ready to go home, helping them relearn important life skills. In West Augusta, Harison Heights offers a home for patients with acquired disabilities by providing both assisted and independent living options. And all across the CSRA, from south Augusta to North Augusta to Thomson, Walton Community Services has built 10 independent-living neighborhoods with accessible homes designed for qualified individuals with acquired disabilities or seniors.

Over the past 20-plus years, thousands of patients and families have been touched by Walton. As one of our patients recently shared with us, "Walton is so positive. I was never told anything negative, which made me more excited to go in everyday. Anything I wanted to do, they were 100 percent behind me. Walton told me, 'You can do this,' and they showed me I could."

The goal of rehab is just this: Our therapists, nurses, doctors and staff work to make a patient stronger, more able and to help them be independent.

Read Dennis Skelley's 20  September 2009 article in the Augusta Chronicle:  Medical Rehabilitation - 'Rest of the Story' Often Goes Untold.