Fact Sheets

Acquired Brain Injury

TYPE 1
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

  • Falls/Trips
  • Road traffic accidents
  • Extreme sports injuries
  • Climbing accident
  • Sporting head injuries
  • Concussion
  • Assault

TYPE 2
Non Traumatic Brain Injury (NTBI)

  • Brain Haemorrhage
  • Brain Tumour
  • Encephalitis
  • Meningitis
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Drowning
  • Suffocation
  • Strangulation
  • Poisoning/Sepsis
  • Chemotherapy
  • Covid 19

We hope that, over time, this area of the website will provide a range of fact sheets to provide a range of information on issues affecting families living with the effect of an acquired brain injury.

Brain Injury: Stages of Recovery – Ranchos Scale

Hospital Discharge Planning

Deficits of an Acquired Brain Injury

Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Fact Sheet

County Durham Community Foundation Respite Grant Guidelines

Homonymous Hemianopsia

Concussion

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

"When someone has a brain injury, early access to local, specialist rehabilitation is crucial to ensure the maximum recovery and make significant savings to the state in health costs"
Headway; United Kingdom
"Rehabilitation interventions can lead to positive outcomes for children and their families if delivered in the familiar home environment and applied to everyday situations"
Cerebra; United Kingdom
"Case management for children and young people post acquired brain injury is 'pivotal' to successful outcomes and must be local"
Deborah Andrews; New Zealand
"Participation in teen sports and normal activities leads to improved quality of life for children and young people post brain injury and helps to maximise outcomes"
Claire Willis; Australia
"Taking brain injured children home causes high stress for families. Disjointed services exacerbate family stress levels."
Deborah Andrews; New Zealand
"Healthy teens are better at identifying strategies to deal with barriers. KIDS WITH ABI'S CAN'T!"
Shari Wade; USA
"Parent-supported interventions after paediatric ABI bring reductions to the cost to society"
Eric Hermans; Netherlands
"Families need to be properly supported as 'resilience' is key to delivering successful outcomes for children and young people."
Roberta De Pompeii; USA
"My colleague was blown away by the tremendous work your organisation is doing for society."  Social Worker
"Different 'experts' involved in paediatric neuro-rehabilitation come from different organisational cultures which causes conflict and has a negative effect on the outcomes for the child."
Barbara O'Connell; Ireland

OUR MISSION: To work to remove inequalities for children & young people affected by acquired brain injury; and provide effective support to their families that makes a real difference to their lives.

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