Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility
Author
Garry Prowe
Publisher
Brain Injury Success Books
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Someone you love has suffered a brain injury. The doctors can not yet make a prognosis. Every brain injury is unique and unpredictable, they say. You have been told to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. What do you do now? Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury is an easy-to-read guidebook for families suddenly thrust into the painful and confusing world of brain injury. It teaches readers the basics of brain trauma. It guides them step-by-step through the recovery process. It provides the practical information they need to handle the insurance, financial, legal, emotional, family, and personal issues that accompany a brain injury. It also describes the wide range of impairments caused by brain trauma and the factors that influence how well someone recovers. This book is not only a practical and essential roadmap to a successful recovery, it also is an inspirational story of how one couple overcame profound changes in the ir relationship and created a fulfilling new life.
Reviews
I was specifically interested in this book because I needed to understand the process when a friend suffered a brain injury during a motor vehicle accident. I just wish I had access to the information Gary Prowe provides during the time of my friends recovery process. It certainly would have given me a better understanding of the situation as well as progression.
However, looking back and specifically now understanding the levels of recovery I can rest at ease knowing that she went through normal development. As well, Prowe advocates strongly the need for getting help because we just can't handle all the care for the injured person by ourselves. The thing is, people want to help. All we have to do is ask.
As I was reading this book I became more aware of many things that I didn't know before, even though I experienced a friend with brain injury. Not all injuries are the same, and not all recovery processes are the same. Rowe is very clear in giving relevant information and covers all situations and possibilities.
I believe this book is a must read for anyone that wants to understand the complete process and how to take care of themselves when caregiving the injured. There is so much to comprehend and when in the throes of the situation the mind may become jumbled. Rowe sets a clear path and the best part, it is in lay language.
Reviewed on 05/10/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Irene Watson
