Living With Brain Injury : : A Guide for Families and Caregivers / / ed. by Sonia Acorn, Penny Offer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Acorn, Sonia,; Berwald, Claudia,; Blanche, David,; Brown, Rick,; David, Carroll O.,; Higenbottam, John,; Hirschi, Patrick,; Killingsworth, Charles,; Offer, Penny,; Ottewell, Charles G.,; Pepping, Mary,; Seaton, J. David,; Simpson, John,; Sulzberger, Anne,; Unger, Marilyn,; Webster, R. Brian,
• HerausgeberIn: Acorn, Sonia,; Offer, Penny,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.)

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 o...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. What Is a Brain Injury?
• 3. A Survivor's View
• 4. After the Brain Injury - The Rehabilitation Team
• 5. The Hospital - and After
• 6. Case Management
• 7. Long-term Adjustment Following Significant Brain Injury
• 8. 'Rime7 of the Survivor
• 9. Psychosocial Effects of Brain Injury
• 10. Children and Adolescents with Brain Injury
• 11. Couple Issues After Brain Injury
• 12. Brain Injury and the Family System
• 13. Legal Issues Following Brain Injury
• 14. Leisure and Recreation
• 15. The Family as Caregiver
• 16. A Second Look
• Appendix A. Resources and Assistance
• Appendix B. Glossary
• Appendix C. Suggestions for Further Reading
• Contributors