Fact Sheets for Families

For Those Who Care: A Practical Guide for Families of People wih Neurological Conditions or Acquired Brain Injury — hard copy also available as a complete book or individual fact sheets, available for download below:

1. Understanding the Nervous System
2. Getting the Best from the Health Care Team
3. Tests & Technology
4. Managing Medications
5. Complimentary & Alternative Therapies
6. Changes in Thinking & Behaviour
7. Speech & Communication Problems
8. Eating & Swallowing Problems
9. Continence Problems
10. Intimacy & Sexual Activity
11. Managing Fatigue
12. Vision Problems
13. Adapting your Home
14. Lifting & Moving
15. Respite & Residential Care
16. Legal & Financial Matters
17. Driving
18. Grief & Loss
19. Coping with Stress
20. Supporting Children & Grandchildren

• Growing Up with an Acquired Brain Injury: A Parents' Guide
• Dual Diagnosis: Your Guide to Mental Health & ABI

                                                              Updated 8th May, 2008