Caregiving after Brain Injury or TBI for Adults and Veterans
Information on caregiving for adults with TBI
Families have physical, social, financial and emotional challenges as caregivers of adults or veterans with brain injury (TBI). These tip cards have information on managing the stress of caregiving with strategies for coping.
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Caregiving after Brain Injury for Adults and Veterans: Tips and information on coping with caregiving
Special set of 5 tip cards has information for family and caregivers of a person with brain injury. Families have physical, social, financial and emotional challenges as caregivers of adults or veterans with brain injury. These tip cards have information on managing the stress of caregiving with strategies for coping.
Caregiving after Brain Injury: A survival guide
Caregiving by a family member when a spouse, parent or child has an acquired brain injury can be rewarding and stressful. Few family members are prepared to become caregivers when a parent, spouse, sibling or child has a brain injury. Providing cognitive supervision, emotional support and physical help places caregivers at risk for stress, exhaustion and burnout. This tip card has practical tips for caregivers to prevent feeling overloaded, to develop coping strategies, find support and take care of themselves.
New Normal: For caregivers after brain injury
Stress Resilience: For caregivers after brain injury
Families as Managers of Care and Services
The family also is the case manager for the person with a TBI. As professionals and programs change over time, families find that they are responsible for managing the care and services of the survivor of a brain injury. By adapting the case management skills used by professionals, this tip card shows families 6 steps for how to communicate effectively, negotiate for services and become effective managers and advocates to address the needs of the survivor.
