Tip cards for families about living with brain injury
Information and tips on traumatic brain injury, blast injury and PTSD help families understand their reactions and cope with their emotions after a spouse, parent, son or daughter is injured. Tip cards have information for families on coping during early stages of coma recovery, hospitalization and rehabilitation as well as preparation for caregiving at home and in the community.
Information helps families with a recently injured member understand their feelings and reactions during early stages of hospital care, rehabilitation, and home care after an acquired brain injury.
Information and tips on negative and positive emotions of families after acquired brain injury. Discusses power of forgiveness, hope and gratitude by survivors and families.
Information and tips to help spouses cope with feelings of loss and adjust to changes in roles when a husband or wife has a traumatic brain injury or blast injury. Explains importance of self-care and setting up a support system to cope with and relieve stress in families after TBI.
Tips on talking with families about the emotional and physical trauma of brain injury. Gives strategies for responding to questions, comments, or dissatisfaction. Recognizes concerns and stresses of families when a member has a head injury.
Tip card with information for families on stresses of caregiving after head injury with tips on coping, finding support, asking for help, and avoiding burnout at home.
Brain injury tip card with checklists for families to identify effects of TBI on physical, social, cognitive abilities and behaviors and assess needs for help.
Information and tips for families on adapting professional case management skills and applying them to managing care and services for a brain injury survivor at home and in the community.