Living Life Fully after Brain Injury: A workbook for survivors, families and caregivers

Robert T. Fraser; Ph.D.; CRC; Kurt L. Johnson; Kathleen R. Bell; M.D.

ISBN 10: 1931117608 / ISBN 13: 9781931117609

Published by Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc., 2011

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Synopsis:

This workbook is designed as both a reference for in-depth clinical information as well as a hands-on tool for addressing the many challenges of living with a brain injury. As survivors, families and caregivers achieve new goals, encounter setbacks, and meet new challenges, this workbook provides information, strategies, tools, and checklists that will guide the reader through the next phase of recovery. Twelve chapters discuss critical issues that most survivors, families and caregivers deal with at some stage in recovery after a brain injury. The workbook starts with helping readers understand what happens when the brain is injured and describes the complex medical issues involved for survival. As all families know, medical treatment comes at a cost, and there are many more hidden costs for families. A chapter on financial and health care concerns tackles the often confusing array of disability benefits, financial support, and health insurance. As survivors leave the hospital or rehabilitation setting, the chapter on neuropsychological assessment helps prepare them for returning home and reentering their community. Next is a chapter on the use of medications for the behavioral and emotional changes that often accompany a brain injury, with worksheets to help manage medications and to discuss treatment with your physician.
The next chapters address the changes in behaviors that are so often stressful, confusing and difficult to manage at home. Closely linked to this topic is a chapter on the emotional challenges, including depression and anxiety, that can affect both survivors and caregivers.
Next is a chapter on employment strategies and resources for survivors who are seeking a first time job or are considering returning to work. Closely linked to this is the next chapter on managing cognitive changes and fatigue in order to lead a more productive and fulfilling life.
For those readers with a child who has been injured, there is a special chapter on returning to school after brain injury that focuses on the critical transition to adult life.
The risks of alcohol and other drug use after brain injury are frankly discussed, as substances are too often used in attempts to fight depression, isolation, and other losses. The chapter on veterans discusses not only the consequences of blast injuries and brain trauma but also post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) as service members return home. Because so many survivors have found themselves socially isolated as time passes since their injury, the final chapter focuses on re-connecting with relationships and community activities.
As you can see from this list, the authors have addressed a wide range of topics and issues that survivors, families and caregivers have said are critical for their recovery.

About the Author: Robert T. Fraser, Ph.D. is a professor in the University of Washington's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, joint with the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology and consultant with Associates in Rehabilitation and Neuropsychology. Dr. Fraser was recently appointed to the Social Security Administration to advise on the revision to the disability eligibility process. He is an active counseling and rehabilitation psychologist, a certified rehabilitation counselor and a certified life care planner who directs Neurological Vocational Services within Rehabilitation Medicine. Within neurological rehabilitation, he has specialized in epilepsy, brain injury, and multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Fraser is author or co-author of more than one hundred publications and co-editor on four texts. He has been awarded numerous Federal grants by the Department of Education (NIDRR and RSA). He has focused on vocational rehabilitation and employment research with evaluation of innovative psychosocial rehabilitation strategies, prediction of vocational rehabilitation outcome across different neurological disabilities, and understanding demand-side employer behavior toward qualified workers with disabilities.
Kurt L. Johnson, Ph.D., CRC is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Head of the Division of Rehabilitation Counseling, and Director of the University of Washington Center for Technology and Disability Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 and taught at Florida State University prior to joining the University of Washington in 1990.
He has worked with survivors of traumatic brain injury and their families during all phases of their recovery from acute care to returning to work and the community. He is also an active researcher and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Johnson has managed multiple grants related to disability including the U.W. Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center, the Americans with Disabilities with Act Knowledge Translation Center, the Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, and grants investigating the use of technologies to aid cognition and navigation for people who have survived brain injury.
Kathleen R. Bell, M.D.is a Professor in the University of Washington's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and has been the Chief of Service at UW Medical Center since 2006. She has been the Medical Director of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at UWMC since l996.
For over 25 years, Dr. Bell has concentrated her clinical care, teaching, and research in the area of brain injury in a variety of settings. She has been the Project Director for the UW Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Model System for the past eight years, and her specific TBI research interests have included telephone-based counseling, post-traumatic headache, exercise after TBI, and medical education.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Living Life Fully after Brain Injury: A ...
Publisher: Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc.
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good