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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459212403321

Titolo

Living with brain injury : a guide for families and caregivers / / edited by Sonia Acorn and Penny Offer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-4426-5510-0

1-4426-5968-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

362.1968

Soggetti

Brain damage

Brain damage - Patients - Family relationships

Brain damage - Patients - Care

Caregivers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction / Offer, Penny -- 2. What Is a Brain Injury? / Higenbottam, John -- 3. A Survivor's View / Ottewell, Charles G. -- 4. After the Brain Injury - The Rehabilitation Team / Higenbottam, John -- 5. The Hospital - and After / Brown, Rick -- 6. Case Management / Simpson, John -- 7. Long-term Adjustment Following Significant Brain Injury / Pepping, Mary -- 8. 'Rime7 of the Survivor / Blanche, David -- 9. Psychosocial Effects of Brain Injury / Seaton, J. David -- 10. Children and Adolescents with Brain Injury / Unger, Marilyn -- 11. Couple Issues After Brain Injury / Hirschi, Patrick / Berwald, Claudia / Brown, Rick -- 12. Brain Injury and the Family System / David, Carroll O. -- 13. Legal Issues Following Brain Injury / Webster, R. Brian -- 14. Leisure and Recreation / Sulzberger, Anne / Killingsworth, Charles -- 15. The Family as Caregiver / Acorn, Sonia -- 16. A Second Look / Ottewell, Charles G. -- Appendix A. Resources and Assistance -- Appendix B. Glossary -- Appendix C. Suggestions for Further Reading -- Contributors



Sommario/riassunto

An injury to the brain can affect every aspect of a person's daily life, including physical abilities and psychological make-up, relationships and family roles, school and employment, recreation and leisure. At the hospital, you may hear a lot about brain injury but not realize the importance of what you've learned until you have to deal with the injured person at home. In this handy reference book, health-care and legal experts from Canada and the United States guide you through the process of rehabilitation and help you learn how to live with brain injury. The advice of these professionals is complemented by the stories of two people who have survived injuries and are adjusting to their new lives.