Michael Schumacher Condition Latest News: Still Fighting 9 Months After Skiing Accident

Almost nine months after a tragic skiing accident in the French Alps, legendary Formula One (F1) champion Michael Schumacher is still waging a valiant fight for his life.

The 45-year-old German race car driver has been moved from a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, to continue his recovery at his family's estate in the Swiss town of Gland along Lake Geneva.

He is reportedly being attended to by 15 medical staff to help him with his rehabilitation.

The family home is where Schumacher has lived quietly for years with his German wife Corinna and their two teenaged children.

However, the 45-year-old ace German race car driver still faces "a long and difficult road ahead," a statement issued by his family said.

Efforts to rehabilitate him after the severe brain injuries he suffered while skiing in Grenoble, France, "will continue from now on from home," the family statement said through his manager Sabina Kehm.

Despite earlier family statements saying there had been "encouraging signs" on Schumacher's recovery, neurologists not involved in his treatment have said that his chances for a full physical and mental recovery were not strong.

However, medical experts said the home environment can help in the recovery of the German ace. Even familiar smells, colors, and surroundings can trigger emotional stimulation, they said. "Each damaged brain can relearn by positive emotions and new learning," German brain researcher and head of Psychiatric University Hospital Ulm Professor Manfred Spitzer was quoted as saying.

Schumacher earlier underwent nearly three months of close-door treatment in a hospital in Lausanne known as "Jardin des Sens," or Garden of the Senses. The hospital specializes in the treatment and recovery of severely traumatized neurological patients by exposing them to water, scents and other elements.

Family statements on Schumacher's condition have remained sparse amid concern on the family's privacy.

Their concern was heightened when an employee of the helicopter rescue company that flew Schumacher from Grenoble, France, to Lausanne was arrested on suspicion of offering several pages from his medical records for publication by German newspapers and websites. The suspect, who was reportedly traced through computer records, was said to have demanded 50,000 euros (about $68,000) for the publication of the documents.

Last Aug. 6, police officials in Zurich announced that the suspect, had been found hanged in his cell.