Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility

2010 Brain

Author : Garry Prowe
Release : 2010
Genre : Brain
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Book Rating : 484/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility by : Garry Prowe

Download or read book Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility written by Garry Prowe. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book--which is based upon the experience of hundreds of people living with a brain injury, their families, and the medical professionals who treat them--will answer many of your questions. It will teach you: the basics of brain injury and the recovery and rehabilitation processes ; the wide range of impairments caused by a brain injury ; ways to make this stressful and exhausting time easier for you and your family ; what you need to know about health insurance and disability pay ; how a case manager and an attorney can help you ; the factors that influence how well someone recovers from a brain injury ; how to access the wide range of resources available to the families of brain injury survivors"--Cover, p. 4.

Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury

2010 Self-Help

Author : Garry Prowe
Release : 2010
Genre : Self-Help
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 439/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury by : Garry Prowe

Download or read book Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury written by Garry Prowe. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book--which is based upon the experience of hundreds of people living with a brain injury, their families, and the medical professionals who treat them--will answer many of your questions. It will teach you: the basics of brain injury and the recovery and rehabilitation processes ; the wide range of impairments caused by a brain injury ; ways to make this stressful and exhausting time easier for you and your family ; what you need to know about health insurance and disability pay ; how a case manager and an attorney can help you ; the factors that influence how well someone recovers from a brain injury ; how to access the wide range of resources available to the families of brain injury survivors"--Cover, p. 4.

Hitch Your Wagon to a Shooting Star

2011-11-28 Self-Help

Author : Nancy Lee Parker
Release : 2011-11-28
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 726/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Hitch Your Wagon to a Shooting Star by : Nancy Lee Parker

Download or read book Hitch Your Wagon to a Shooting Star written by Nancy Lee Parker. This book was released on 2011-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent data shows that, on average, approximately 1.7 million people sustain some form of brain injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Each year, injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and causes permanent disability, if too severe. HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A SHOOTING STAR is a self-help book for all survivors of brain injuries (slight or severe) to help them put their lives back on track. The book tells a survivor's true story of how she came full circle in her recovery after having a brain aneurysm, coupled with spinal meningitis acquired in the hospital, which left her paralyzed on one side with the loss of many cognitive abilities. She tells how she has coped with the aftermath of losing aptitudes and abilities and becoming a person with a disability. She returned to college, received her Master's Degree, and is now a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, dedicated to helping other survivors.

Determination

2010-07-22 Self-Help

Author : Keith Buff
Release : 2010-07-22
Genre : Self-Help
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Determination written by Keith Buff. This book was released on 2010-07-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-six-year-old Keith Buff is on top of the world the morning of July 18, 1999. A successful businessman with a wife and three young children, he thinks nothing can go wrong. But at the conclusion of eighteen holes of golf in Rumson, New Jersey, his world suddenly goes blank. A CAT scan later reveals a brain hemorrhage. Buffs life is never the same. Unable to walk, talk, or even swallow, Buff persists in his fight for recovery. Determination is his story of finding the strength during the long and remarkable journey toward healing. Each chapter alternates between the comfort and privilege he enjoyed growing upsurfing, sailing, skateboarding, skiing, golfing, travel, parties, football, and funand his life following the brain hemorrhage episode with his persistent efforts at rehabilitation. A compelling story of hope and recovery, at times sad and yet with great humor, Determination encourages others to appreciate life and work hard to succeed in lifes journeyno matter the odds.

Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury

2016-04-21 Medical

Author : Daniel Laskowitz
Release : 2016-04-21
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 579/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury by : Daniel Laskowitz

Download or read book Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury written by Daniel Laskowitz. This book was released on 2016-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant source of death and permanent disability, contributing to nearly one-third of all injury related deaths in the United States and exacting a profound personal and economic toll. Despite the increased resources that have recently been brought to bear to improve our understanding of TBI, the developme

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