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Case management in action: an examination of two cases in the area of alcohol related brain damage
- Authors:
- CLEAK Helen, SERR Klaus
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 51(1), March 1998, pp.33-38.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines two cases of a small non-government agency in Australia where case management services are delivered to people with alcohol acquired brain damage. Presents an analysis which supports the view that continuity of care and intensive relationship building with clients is vital for successful client outcomes and has application to a variety of programmes which service chronically disabled clients.
Traumatic brain injury: a social worker primer with implications for practice
- Authors:
- BAKER Kimberly A., TANDY Cynthia C., DIXON Danny R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 1(4), 2002, pp.25-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating medical condition that can happen to anyone at anytime, despite precautions. This paper provides details regarding etiology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of TBI. Patients and families usually require assistance and direction from several healthcare professionals, including social workers, both during and after the initial period of hospitalization and rehabilitation. After a brief discussion of interventions at several levels, the paper concludes with a focus on both the individual and the family, and how social workers in the hospital or rehabilitation clinic can intervene to assist the patient and family members in learning and using more effective methods of coping. Implications for social work practice are included. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Teaching memory management skills
- Authors:
- BLAKE Noelle, HIND Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 12(5), June 2001, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Memory groups have been run for many years in rehabilitation settings for people who have acquired neurological disabilities. The authors describe how they combined their skills and interest in the field of disability to develop and run a memory group for participants in a community setting.
Mind, body and school
- Author:
- KENNY Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 17.2.99, 1999, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on the pioneering work of nurses at a specialist centre for children with brain injuries and other severe disabilities.
Aphasia inside out: reflections on communication disability
- Editor:
- PARR Susie
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 164p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This book brings together a number of different perspectives on aphasia, a communication impairment that can follow a stroke. Contributors include people with personal experience of aphasia, as well as therapists, counsellors, educationalists, linguists and researchers who address issues of living with aphasia in their work. Whatever their perspective, whether personal, theoretical or professional, contributors reflect on and explore aspects of living with aphasia that have little place in conventional academic discourse. Accordingly, the chapters cover a range of issues, for example aphasia and the Internet, time and poetry. The book suggests new ways of thinking about aphasia, offers insights into the nature of the disabling barriers faced, and explores some creative possibilities open to people who live with communication disability.