Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you remember that song, “You can dance if you want to… Well… It was a hit at Pate’s Annual Valentine’s Day Dance! Everyone found their dancing shoes… We got footloose and fancy free! And super fun kids taught us all the popular Fortnite dances! …like The Floss, Best Mates, […]
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Pate graduate Ben Cooper has resumed his life after rehabilitation for a brain injury he sustained while riding his motorcycle (and he was wearing a helmet). During rehab he wrote the following academic style essay as part of his treatment so he could return to college. We asked if he’d share what he wrote for
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What if you couldn’t couldn’t read this page or enjoy a newspaper or a book? For some people with a severe brain injury, that can be reality during rehabilitation and beyond. A book club for brain injury offer a way to provide the joy of reading. Because some of our patients have not recovered reading
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Pate recently hosted a special Valentine’s Dance for patients and families. This event provided a night out that was packed with fun and some truly wonderful moments. Pate helps many brain injury and stroke survivors attend special events throughout the year, including our camps program that bring survivors together for fun and friendship at locations
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Car enthusiasts came out for our first annual Anna Car Show at Pate’s Brinlee Creek Ranch in Anna, TX. The lineup included vintage Mustangs, sedans from the forties, trucks and even an Air Stream that was pressed into service as the BBQ tent which served sizzling hot dogs and an assortment of chips and drinks.
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All summer long our friends at RISE Adaptive Sports are at Lake Grapevine hosting sports on the water for people with physical challenges. This talented, dedicated group of people give from the heart and their mission is FUN. For Pate’s patients and staff, there’s nothing like heading out to the lake for a day of
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If there’s anything we love, it’s a happy ending. Our Brinlee Creek Ranch treatment center recently helped make a dream come true by hosting a ranch wedding so the bride’s father could walk her down the aisle. Maegan Graves, daughter of Gregory “Coach” Graves, had a dilemma. Her dad was staying with us during his
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What is brain injury rehabilitation like during the holidays? We do our best to come up with festive holiday celebrations and activities, at treatment centers and our residents for patients who will be living with us during the season. Every year each treatment location (and residences) add their own spin to December with some signature
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Pate has a lot of runners on our traumatic brain injury rehab team and they love a challenge. This year they took on a big one by fielding a relay team for the 13.1 mile Dallas half marathon. They turned it into a wheelchair push marathon by taking one of our long term residents, Joe,
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What do you get when you combine fun, soaring mountains, fresh air, and a lot of love? Mountain High Camp, where Pate staff and patients headed recently to escape the Texas heat, reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Located in the gorgeous mountains of New Mexico, Mountain High is a five day camp
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