Following a traumatic brain injury, the survivor may become dependent upon those close to them. These dependencies may be emotional in nature or based on a substance abuse. Whatever dependency is involved, it can lead to difficulties in recovering from the injury.
Some of the emotional problems that can lead to dependency are a result of [...]
- Encouragement is given to assist members in achieving their rehabilitation goals.
- Members are encouraged not to give up when the going is tough and when things do not come easily.
- There will be assistance in helping a brain injured person acknowledge their losses and to move on with their new life.
- Members share their [...]
When living with someone who has sustained a traumatic brain injury, there will no doubt always be some anger, frustration, irritability and bumps in the road when things don’t go as expected, as wanted or take longer than anticipated.
Things happen to all of us and when they do we learn, as we mature, to accept [...]