Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan
This fight left Gerald Mclellan with massive head injuries and left him in a helpless state. His sisters were his only caregivers long after savings and any insurance money ran out. They would have welcomed some support.
Groups support brain injury victims, families | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri
Survivors of traumatic brain injury don't want special favors according to members of
a support group for brain injury survivors at Columbia's Services for Independent Living;
facilitated by a rehabilitation neuropsychologist
Family members often become the primary or sole caretaker for a loved one with a brain injury.
While family members come to terms with their new roles — as well as the brain injury survivor's possible bouts of anger and depression or other changes — parents in particular also discover they need to deal with their own grief and trauma.
Victims might have no memory of their car wreck, fall or other accident, but parents and other family members never forget...
The support groups also are designed to help families learn to cope with behavioral and personality changes of someone with a brain injury and to learn that no two head or brain injuries are exactly alike.
The law also requires that school officials develop programs to educate coaches, athletes and parents about the signs of concussion and possible long-term effects.
They would like to see increased awareness of traumatic brain injury within the medical community, too.
Medical staff rarely give information on what to watch for and what to expect with a brain injury to patients when they are discharged from the hospital or emergency room.
Families receive scant information about grief, support groups and long-term expectations.
a support group for brain injury survivors at Columbia's Services for Independent Living;
facilitated by a rehabilitation neuropsychologist
Family members often become the primary or sole caretaker for a loved one with a brain injury.
While family members come to terms with their new roles — as well as the brain injury survivor's possible bouts of anger and depression or other changes — parents in particular also discover they need to deal with their own grief and trauma.
Victims might have no memory of their car wreck, fall or other accident, but parents and other family members never forget...
The support groups also are designed to help families learn to cope with behavioral and personality changes of someone with a brain injury and to learn that no two head or brain injuries are exactly alike.
The law also requires that school officials develop programs to educate coaches, athletes and parents about the signs of concussion and possible long-term effects.
They would like to see increased awareness of traumatic brain injury within the medical community, too.
Medical staff rarely give information on what to watch for and what to expect with a brain injury to patients when they are discharged from the hospital or emergency room.
Families receive scant information about grief, support groups and long-term expectations.
This article was published Friday, May 25, 2012 edition of The Columbia Daily Tribune with the headline:
"Brain injuries affect families: Event focuses on awareness."
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