Living with ABI factsheets

Resources

We also have fact sheets available for families living with a Brain Injury. Contact us to request any of the following fact sheets, or simply click on the links below:

Adapting your home

Ways in which you can make your home a safer and easier to manage environment for a family member with disability.

Assessing complementary & alternative treatments

Discusses the difference between conventional, complementary and alternative treatment.

Changes in thinking & behaviours

Describes the types of changes that can occur in thinking and behaviour due to Brain Injury and strategies to help manage.

Continence problems

Explains the different types of incontinence, causes, diagnosis, treatments and management.

Coping with stress

Helps carers to recognise the symptoms of stress and provides strategies on how to avoid and manage stress.

Driving

Discusses specific problems that can affect driving, driving assessments and ways of handling a family member who is no longer safe to drive.

Eating & swallowing problems

Discusses how brain injury can affect swallowing, nutrition and hydration.

Grief & loss

Discusses the many losses associated with chronic conditions that challenge people with these conditions, their families and their carers.

Intimacy & sexual activity

Discusses how intimacy, sexual activity and sexuality can be affected by chronic conditions that involve brain damage.

Legal & financial matters

Highlights a number of legal and financial matters such as making wills, powers of attorney and guardianship, managing finances and financial assistance.