Perspectives of survivors of traumatic brain injury and their caregivers on long-term social integration

H Lefebvre, G Cloutier, M Josée Levert - Brain injury, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has damaging impacts on victims and family
members' lives and their long-term social integration constitutes a major challenge. Purpose …

Interpersonal relationships and traumatic brain injury

AM Sander, MA Struchen - The Journal of Head Trauma …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
SOCIAL ISOLATION is perhaps the most profound life change for persons with traumatic
brain injury (TBI). A decrease in the number and depth of social relationships over time has …

Interpersonal relatedness and psychological functioning following traumatic brain injury: Implications for marital and family therapists

EH Bay, AJ Blow, X Yan - Journal of marital and family therapy, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recovery from a mild‐to‐moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a challenging process for
injured persons and their families. Guided by attachment theory, we investigated whether …

Persons with traumatic brain injuries and their families: living arrangements and well-being post injury

S Brzuzy, BA Speziale - Social work in health care, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
This article discusses an empirical study of 66 single, adult survivors of moderate to severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI) who were either living alone or living with their parents. The …

Adults with acquired brain injury: Perceptions of their social world

J Paterson, J Stewart - Rehabilitation Nursing Journal, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Sustaining an acquired brain injury (ABI) has far-reaching social consequences for the
injured individual, his or her family, and friends. This qualitative study describes how adults …

Factors that lead to successful community integration following severe traumatic brain injury

D Winkler, C Unsworth, S Sloan - The Journal of head trauma …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Factors That Lead to Successful Community Integration Follow... : The Journal of Head Trauma
Rehabilitation Factors That Lead to Successful Community Integration Following Severe …

The other victims of traumatic brain injury: Consequences for family members.

V Florian, S Katz - Neuropsychology, 1991 - psycnet.apa.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is both an acute and a chronic impairment, with long-term
difficulties affecting both the patient and members of the patient's family. The impact of TBI …

Relationship of preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration in adults with traumatic brain injury

MD Sady, AM Sander, AN Clark, M Sherer… - Archives of physical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Sady MD, Sander AM, Clark AN, Sherer M, Nakase-Richardson R, Malec JF. Relationship of
preinjury caregiver and family functioning to community integration in adults with traumatic …

Linked lives: The experiences of family caregivers during the transition from hospital to home following traumatic brain injury

E Nalder, J Fleming, P Cornwell, M Foster - Brain Impairment, 2012 - cambridge.org
The transition from hospital to home following traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been identified
as the point where responsibility for care shifts from rehabilitation services to informal family …

Predictors of caregiver and family functioning following traumatic brain injury: Social support moderates caregiver distress

TC Ergh, LJ Rapport, RD Coleman… - The Journal of head …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study examined predictors of family dysfunction and caregiver distress
among 60 pairs of persons who sustained a traumatic brain injury and their caregivers …