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Author : Carolyn E. Dolen
Publisher : Idyll Arbor Personal Health Bo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1882883594
Carolyn Dolen made it back from the brain injury she suffered in a car crash and now she shares what she has learned in over 30 years of recovery.
Author : Carolyn E. Dolen
Publisher : Idyll Arbor Personal Health Bo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1882883713
Traumatic brain injury causes damage to the connections in many parts of the brain besides the focal point of the injury. It's not enough to heal medically. Brain Injury Rewiring for Loved Ones has extensive information about what happens in the brain when it is injured, and goes on to describe the medical care required during the initial stages of recovery. After that, the book makes it clear how loved ones can continue to help the survivor heal spiritually, emotionally, cognitively, physically, socially, and vocationally through traditional and complementary medicine and good nutrition. Brain Injury Rewiring for Loved Ones is one of two well-received books designed to help survivors of brain injuries. The companion book, Brain Injury Rewiring for Survivors, describes a complementary set of options a survivor has for recovery.
Author : Kevin Foy
Publisher : Ockham Publishing Group
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781839190292
Tens of millions live with the long-term consequences of acquired brain injury. It has life changing and frequently devastating effects on the individual's physical, cognitive, behavioural, and emotional well-being. As well as causing huge challenges and stresses for family and friends. Acquired Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Survivors accessibly discusses acquired brain injuries in detail for those individuals and families affected. Written by experienced neuropsychiatrist Dr Kevin Foy, the book seamlessly guides the reader through the different types of brain injury, and their effects, as well as the various stages of recovery. Offering facts and advice from the initial trauma all the way through to long-term care, Dr Foy provides the tools to help deal with the challenges that may lie ahead.
Author : Barbara A. Wilson,Jill Winegardner,Fiona Ashworth
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135941628
This is the first book of its kind to include the personal accounts of people who have survived injury to the brain, along with professional therapists' reports of their progress through rehabilitation. The paintings and stories of survivors combine with experts' discussions of the theory and practice of brain injury rehabilitation to illustrate the ups and downs that survivors encounter in their journey from pre-injury status to insult and post-injury rehabilitation. Wilson, Winegardner and Ashworth's focus on the survivors' perspective shows how rehabilitation is an interactive process between people with brain injury, health care staff, and others, and gives the survivors the chance to tell their own stories of life before their injury, the nature of the insult, their early treatment, and subsequent rehabilitation. Presenting practical approaches to help survivors of brain injury achieve functionally relevant and meaningful goals, Life After Brain Injury: Survivors’ Stories will help all those working in rehabilitation understand the principles involved in holistic brain injury rehabilitation and how these principles, combined with theory and models, translate into clinical practice. This book will be of great interest to anyone who wishes to extend their knowledge of the latest theories and practices involved in making life more manageable for people who have suffered damage to the brain. Life After Brain Injury: Survivors’ Stories will also be essential for clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, and anybody dealing with acquired brain injury whether they be a survivor of a brain injury themselves, a relative, a friend or a carer.
Author : Barbara J. Webster
Publisher : Lash & Associates Pub./Training Incorporated
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Brain
ISBN : 1931117616
Coping with life after brain injury is not easy. This practical and user friendly workbook and guide for survivors and their families is packed with everyday strategies, tips and accommodations to address the cognitive challenges of daily life. Based on the author's experience as a survivor and as a facilitator of hundreds of support groups, she presents a philosophy and approach for overcoming challenges, envisioning goals, and continuing their healing process. This is the one book that every survivor of a brain injury and the family should have. It is the most comprehensive, sensitive, insightful and thorough workbook available and is filled with hands on practical strategies aimed at helping the person with a brain injury navigate the complexities of daily life. By focusing on the cognitive changes that are so common after a traumatic brain injury, the author approaches each challenge with practical building blocks and strategies for continued rehabilitation at home and in the community. Her philosophy of problem solving and thinking about "how" to do something when a challenge is encountered is a continuous theme through all the chapters. It comes with a CD that has all the tools -- forms, worksheets, checklists -- so the user can print and use them whenever and wherever needed.
Author : Twylia G Reid,Mylon R Flournoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1081133953
There are several common misconceptions regarding brain injuries and survivors that people have developed based on the way they may act following their injury. These misconceptions have grown out of a lack of education and understanding. It isn't necessarily your fault if you don't understand the needs of the survivor, but you can gain a better understanding by simply being aware of their situation and asking questions when you aren't sure what to do. This book will help you do just that! You will walk away with a better understanding of what it's truly like to walk in the shoes of a brain injury survivor.As a brain injury survivor there are so many things I want people to know about me. I am so much more than what you think you see. My disability is invisible so therefore I've taken the time to share with you some of the things I think you need to know.Just because I have a brain injury doesn't mean that I can't live a productive life. Yea, it's a life filled with challenges beyond your wildest dream. However, it's my life and I am grateful to be here! Each day I try to forget what I may have lost and concentrate, appreciate, and give thanks for what I now have. Surviving what was supposed to kill me gives me chills every time I think about it. I know God has so much in store for me. I'm a survivor. Not because I am alive, but because I wake up each day grateful for the chance to do what I may not have been able to do the day before. Just because I have a brain injury, doesn't mean that because each day I am learning to live as someone different I can't embrace the new me. I GOT THIS!
Author : Katherine Dawson,Ashraf Sheikh,Karl Hargreaves,Meg Archer,Lisa Summerill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000284744
This important book in the After Brain Injury: Survivor Stories Series tells the story of four people who suffered acquired brain injuries: Karl Hargreaves and Ashraf Sheikh as a result of road traffic accidents, Lisa Summerill because of a stroke and Meg Archer as a result of meningitis. Each person tells their story in their own words, describing what happened to them, how they dealt with it and how they experienced the recovery process. The cases represent very different types of people and severity of injury but are alike in providing raw accounts of the challenges faced whilst also highlighting their resilience and determination to carve out new lives. Alongside these inspirational stories are contributions by friends and family, as well as several members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to give a broader view of the whole process of recovery. By combining expert commentary with real life experiences, this book points towards sources of support, normalises the experience and provides a context for understanding the challenges and successes in each case. This book provides support, understanding and hope for patients who have suffered a brain injury. It is valuable reading for any professional involved in neurorehabilitation and students of clinical neuropsychology.
Author : Laura S. Lorenz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1685857809
Although millions of people are affected each year by brain injuries, what it is like to live with these injuries is often misunderstood. Laura Lorenz delves into the experience of acquired brain injury (ABI) survivors to reveal how they make sense of their changed circumstances--and how social policies and medical expectations can enhance, or detract from, their quality of life. As she traces individual journeys on the road from diagnosis through rehabilitation, Lorenz evokes the reality of living with ABI. She also tackles the systemic problems undercutting the quality of current medical and social support. Moving beyond ABI, her work encourages a fresh approach to the patient-provider relationship for people with a wide range of disabilities.
Author : Kara L. Swanson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000082175591
This is the long-awaited 3rd Edition!! Long an industry standard, "I'll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury," has helped countless survivors, loved ones and professionals in the traumatic brain injury/stroke community. Kara Swanson's journey is one to learn from, to cheer and, even, to laugh with along the way. Her honesty and willingness to share her struggles and triumphs have been changing the lives of survivors and their loved ones for more than 20 years. This book has been named a suggested and must-read resource for survivors and professionals in every rehab and neurological field, and even in college TBI-related studies. It has been translated into Japanese and Kara has made her book available on Kindle and in an audio format. Her accompanying speeches and award-winning blog have circled the globe. This book enlightens with vital information from TBI professionals in medical, rehab and legal arenas. Kara's book is a wonderful inspiration and, with each edition, she has continued to mold it to help those in the TBI community. This new edition is brighter and cleaner. Kara has inserted more blank pages for notes and she has reduced the price so that more survivors can obtain all of the wonderful input from professionals throughout the book. The audio version of this book was completed by the author in order to offer a pace and cadence for those survivors struggling with audio processing speed and/or challenged by the written word.
Author : Heidi Lerner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1467804061
Intriguing Book of Poetry Published by a Brain Injury Survivor Gray Matters, Brain Injury: The Inside Perspective is a book filled with poetic insights of a woman who lived through a near-fatal brain injury. Her intimate knowledge and sense of humor can help survivors cope, as well as better understand their injuries and themselves. This book gives a personal sense or Inside Perspective of brain injury, thus enabling readers to better understand brain injury survivors. Brain injury occurs around the world in a variety of circumstances; in sports events, motor-vehicle accidents, terrorist attacks & war (and the list goes on)... According to the International Brain Injury Association, head injury is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Thirty percent of the soldiers that have returned from Iraq and are returning from Afghanistan have Traumatic Brain Injuries; more than two percent of the United States' population has sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury. Even with brain injury being so widespread, it is still hard to identify people living with the complications of this “invisible disability.” Ms. Lerner knows that the lack of awareness regarding brain injury makes survivors’ lives quite problematic. Writing Gray Matters was aimed at easing the integration of survivors back into the community. With a creative flair, she informs her readers about brain injury; she strikes a chord by sharing personal changes, loss and challenges, thus giving readers a sense of what it is like to walk in the shoes of a brain injury survivor. The chapters of the book cover topics including: brain injury, the symptoms of injury, rehabilitation, the brain, academic rehab, recreational therapy (including nature & the ocean's healing influence) and brain injury peer support. This book will considerably help brain injury survivors to better understand their injury and themselves, it will also aid them by being better understood by others. Gray Matters has helped family members and friends to better understand their loved ones. This book can also be a great asset to rehab professionals, by giving them a more intimate understanding of the dilemmas of a brain injury; for only when you know what an individual’s problem is, can you treat it. Gray Matters offers an articulate, introspective and sometimes humorous view of what it is like to suffer a near-fatal blow to the head and live with its complications. The author presents a thorough, subjective viewpoint as well as a professional and objective understanding of brain injury. Gray Matters presents a deeper understanding of the inner-workings of the mind and how in many ways, brain injury effects life as we know it.
Author : Jo Clark-Wilson,Mark Holloway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351715225
Brain Injury not only affects its victim, but those around them. In many cases, relatives are often overlooked despite facing many obstacles accepting and adjusting to a new way of life. Family Experience of Brain Injury showcases a unique collaboration between relatives of brain injured individuals and professionals from the field of neurorehabilitation. Family members from all different viewpoints tell their story and how the brain injury of a loved one has affected them. This book provides a space for those hidden and marginalised voices, the people who are in for the long haul, often dismissed by services and left to cope in isolation. By combining expert commentary with real life experiences, this book points towards sources of support, normalises the experience and provides a context for understanding the grief and losses of family members. Not only will the hard-earnt knowledge and wisdom evident in this book help educate health and social care staff, it highlights how love, commitment, hope and perseverance, against a seemingly unbearable grief, can remain. It is essential reading for individuals and families touched by brain injury and will give multi-disciplinary professionals, such as medics, nurses, psychologists, therapists, social workers, rehabilitation practitioners and clinical supervisors, a greater understanding of their role in helping the affected family.
Author : Mark Palmer
Publisher : Realistic Hope
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781439244517
Realistic Hope is a concise, helpful book for survivors of TBI-or any life-threatening trauma or illness-and their family members, friends, and healthcare practitioners.
Author : Amy Zellmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1684187168
"Surviving Brain Injury: Stories of Strength and Inspiration" is a collection of stories that were contributed by over 90 brain injury survivors from across the world - most of whom may not have the opportunity to share their story otherwise.This book brings together more than 100 brain injury survivors between contributors, cover models, and execution of production and marketing. All brought together by an invisible injury that affects SO many, yet isn't understood by the majority.This book is necessary in the marketplace as a resource for other survivors and caregivers, so they can realize they are not alone in this journey -- that there are others out there just like them who have made remarkable strides in their recovery.These stories offer strength and inspiration to fellow survivors, and help others understand the journey they go through (and are often brushed aside because of.) By offering understanding, we can create awareness and compassion!!!
Author : Richard Volpe
Publisher : IAP
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623962913
Acquired brain injury (ABI) describes damage to the brain that occurs after birth, caused by traumatic injury such as an accident or fall, or by non-traumatic cause such as substance abuse, stroke, or disease. Today’s medical techniques are improving the survival rate for people of all ages diagnosed with ABI, and current trends in rehabilitation are supporting these individuals returning to live, attend school, and work in their communities. Yet strategies on the best way of providing community participation vary among rehabilitation experts. Because many of survivors of ABI do not and will not return to the status quo of their former lives it is important to examine what constitutes best and promisingpractices in this area. This casebook is the world’s first compilation of evidence-informed programs that foster community participation for people of all ages with brain injury. With thisreview, we elicited and carefully examined existing programmatic efforts that combine emphasis on the individual, the social, and the service systems in a way that captures community participation as a complex process of interactive change in the person-environment relationship – programs that do not divorce ABI survivors from their contexts, and where participation efforts facilitate positive change in the social and political context. We considered community-based programs to be programs where individuals and families actively participate in their own therapy (rehabilitation) and take responsibility for their own health or that of a family/community member. Each case study chapter depicts a program chosen on its extraordinary merits to provide community participation to its clients. The chapters are cowritten by the stakeholder and a researcher, giving a complete perspective of how the program was established and continues to operate, and provides evidence of excellence.
Author : Nancy Bauser
Publisher : Jones Harvest Pub
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1603880240
Rehabilitation professionals who work survivors of traumatic brain injuries or other conditions resulting in disabilities can use Acceptance Groups for Survivors: A Guide for Facilitators. Based on the life experiences of a brain injury survivor, this structured group program is designed to help facilitate acceptance of deficits. The Guide provides discussion-provoking questions for each of 24 group sessions, preceded by specific objectives facilitators can expect to achieve. Groups are designed to help survivors deal with themselves, their feelings, and others through constructive guided "sharing".
