caregiver tip - Traumatic Brain Injury Council

• Psychological reactions to the trauma event, to injury, and to having
a new disability.
• Influences in the person’s environment that help or hinder the
recovery, including the person’s support system.
Given this complexity, how can you know how to help That is what the rest
of this training is about.
For now, keep in mind that research on TBI is giving us new reasons for
hope.
• Because we now know recovery is unpredictable and takes longer
than formerly believed, and because new treatments constantly are
being discovered, an early diagnosis of brain damage does not
have to be a life sentence.
• Research is proving that things we can control, such as the kind of
care we give, can make a big difference.
♥ CAREGIVER TIP
A TBI survivor is likely to experience changes, for better or for
worse, over weeks, months, or even years. Recovery may be a
lifelong process.
TO LEARN MORE
TBI FACTS
From The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, U.S. Centers
for Disease Control:
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/FactSheets/Facts_About_TBI.pdf
From the Department of Health, State of Washington:
www.doh.wa.gov/HWS/doc/IV/IV_TBI2004.doc
From the Brain Injury Association of America:
www.biausa.org/word.files.to.pdf/
good.pdfs/2002FactSheetBrainInjury.pdf
From the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Walter Reed Medical
Center:
www.dvbic.org/pdfs/DVBIC_Fact_Sheet_2006.pdf
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