Good practice in brain injury case management (J. Kingsley, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
What is brain injury case management? / Jo Clark-Wilson -- What is brain injury? Key facts about the initial stages of recovery / Pippa Griffiths -- Goodbye to the old, hello to the new-- what is it like to survive a brain injury? / Jackie Dean and Jackie Parker -- Brain injury and the family / Jean Booth -- The role of the case manager in personal injury litigation / Neil Whiteley and Jane Wright -- The role of the case manager in risk assessment / Rita Greaves and Jill Harris -- The role of the case manager in supporting the brain injured person during transition / Ella Cornforth and Carol Varley -- Rehabilitation, case management and community reintegration / Catherine Johnson
Recruitment of brain injury support workers / Lucy Gunn and Ivan Neary -- Super support worker: the role of the support worker in community packages / Rita Greaves, Ivan Neary, and Jane Warren -- Support worker training: an example training package--'supporting an individual with an acquired brain injury' / Jayne Brake and Lucy Gunn -- 24-hour support packages / Caroline Ferber -- Support plans and maintenance manuals / Jayne Brake and Jill Harris
Brain injury case management involves the care and support of brain-injured individuals and their families in a range of areas, from personal injury litigation to the planning of treatment and therapy regimes. Good Practice in Brain Injury Case Management provides a guide to effective case management, outlining all the key issues that professionals working with brain-injured people will need to know, from understanding what brain injury actually is and how it feels to experience it to strategies