For Family and Caregivers
More information and resources for Family and Caregivers:
Click here for our list of upcoming and ongoing Webinars, Seminars, Conference, Workshops & Events.
Information for Newly Injured Patients (NIP): Download the contents of our package for TBI survivors and their familiies.
10 Tips For Caregivers: This page is part of the Information for Newly Injured Patients package (above). Essential tips for caregivers.
How to Choose a Service Provider: a series of checklists to help the family and caregiver choose the best possible service provider for their loved one who has sustained a TBI. Included in the series are How To Choose: Inpatient Rehabilitation, a Nursing Home, a Neuropsycologist, Neuropsychiatrist, Outpatient Rehabilitation, a Day Program, a Long-Term Residential Facility and a Primary Care Physician.
Brain Injury, A Family Guide - English (Spanish) 43-page booklet briefly describes the nature, consequences, and phases of recovery from a brain injury. Suitable for moderate to severe injuries in early weeks post injury or when patient remains in coma-like state for extended period of time.
Making Life Work After Brain Injury - A Family Guide for Life at Home 46-page manual designed to help make the transition from the rehabilitation facility to home, and to assist family members in managing cognitive and behavioral changes that often occur with TBI. Videos feature three families with severely injured members who discuss how they’ve used structure, repetition and consistency to help the recovery process continue. Excellent for group discussion as well as individual family interaction and planning.
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - A Mind Numbing Experience 12-page booklet gives an overview of the experience of minor brain injury and answers to commonly asked questions. Appropriate when there is loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less and problems that remain unresolved after 3–6 weeks.
To order the materials below call 800-992-34452 or use the BIAF Catalog/Order Form:
A Consumer's Guide for Selecting Appropriate Legal, Medical, and Rehabilitation Professionals After Brain Injury (2003) 16-page booklet designed to help families traverse the maze to find qualified professional service providers.
Creating a Personal Career Plan 41-page booklet about career development and an employment guide for individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Vocational Readiness Manual for Families 47-page booklet contains a home program for persons with traumatic brain injury.
Links to past issues of The Caregiver Advocate:
June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011
January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010