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Brain Injury Rehabilitation
A brain injury can affect just about everything — including the way a person walks, talks, and thinks. For service members and veterans who have been in combat, these symptoms can be compounded by other physical injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder. The length of the rehabilitation process varies according to the person and to the severity of their injury. Some people may only require a few weeks or months of rehabilitation, and others may require years or even lifelong rehabilitation. Treatments range from critical hospital care to speech and language therapy.
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How Can Civilian Providers Assess Whether a Patient Needs Occupational Therapy?
May 17, 2013
Civilian healthcare providers working with service members and veterans may need to reach out to various specialists in the community to ensure that their patients are getting all of their TBI-related issues addressed.
How Do You Help Service Members Transition from the Military to the Civilian Lifestyle?
May 17, 2013
Transitioning from the military, where a service member may have had to make many life-and-death decisions, to the civilian world, which in comparison may seem rife with trivial decisions, can be challenging.
How Do You Set Goals in Occupational Therapy?
May 17, 2013
Occupational therapist Kristen Maisano talks about helping patients with TBI attain their goals depending on the problem. Sometimes there are ways to retrain the brain, othertimes the use of compensatory strategies is necessary.
Take Responsibility for Your Recovery and Get Back on Track
May 6, 2013
"I've been there ... it's hard!" Adam knows that it's difficult to feel motivated to participate in one's own recovery when the progress seems slow; it's hard to jump in the saddle to get on with your life. He offers support and strategies that work.
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Adam at Ease
A video blog by Veteran Adam Anicich
Don't Be Stoic; Talk to Your PT, OT, and Doctors
Adam talks about why it's important to keep an open line of communication with PTs, OTs, and other healthcare providers during TBI recovery. "You are the only one who knows exactly where you are. Tell them and they can care for you better."
Expanding Your Realm of Possibilities After a Brain Injury
It may be a cliché, but when one door shuts, often another, better one opens. Adam talks about a friend, a retired Marine, who tried something totally out of character and has now not only made a business from it but derives great pleasure from it.
