Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families (Rev) [Paperback]

Richard C. Senelick (Author), Cathy E. Ryan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

With this companion videocassette to Living with Brain Injury, facts are reinforced and insights into Brain Injury are made clear. This informative, lively 75-minute video contains high quality graphics and actual pictures of the human brain to show areas of damage, improvement indicators, brain repair and healing mechanisms, and ultimately how rehabilitation works to restore the quality of life.

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HealthSouth Rehabilitation Institute, San Antonio, TX --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: HealthSouth Press; Revised edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189152500X
• ISBN-13: 978-1891525001
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,298,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource!, March 19, 2000

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james melton (Sandy, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families (Rev) (Paperback)

As a mother of a 15 yr old boy who has a TBI, I've read many books about brain injury. This book is an excellent resource...describing head trauma and how different functions can be affected. It also explains how a person actually comes out of a coma in gradual stages. It addresses so many pertinent issues...I'm so glad I was able to add it to my library.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The absolute best book on living with Traumatic Brain Injury, March 23, 2005

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G. C. Cerrato "gracerra" (belvidere, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families, Second Edition (Perfect Paperback)

All the other books I've read on that subject (my husband has TBI) are too techical. This is written in easy to understand languate and gives you the truth on what to expect when your loved one has a TBI.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent but Outdated Resource, March 16, 2010

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Garry Prowe "Author of Successfully Surviving... (Gainesville Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families, Second Edition (Perfect Paperback)

While this book is excellent, it is ten years old. I prefer the much newer Mindstorms: The Complete Guide for Families Living with Traumatic Brain Injury (2009). Living with Brain Injury answers most of the questions asked by those new to brain injury. It's easy to read (with one exception) and can be digested in small portions. This is important because this book should be read by families as soon as possible after an injury. When I first picked up Living with a Brain Injury a few days after my wife's accident, I found much of Chapter 1, "An Anatomy Lesson," rough going. I'm not sure any writer could explain the complex operations of the brain in a manner that is understood easily by traumatized family members. I quickly moved on to the other more accessible chapters. Chapters 2-4 describe what happens to the brain when it's injured and the types and degrees of brain injury. Chapter 5 introduces the diagnostic and predictive tools used by medical personnel. When Jessica's doctors told me she would be changed forever by her brain injury, I turned to Chapters 6-8, which describe, in lay language, the most common physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms suffered by survivors. Chapter 9, "How to Pick the Right Rehabilitation Hospital" lists the fifteen components every rehabilitation program should include. Chapters 10 and 11 describe the rehabilitation personnel and processes that will help your survivor recover as well as possible. Chapter 12 provides even more hope in its explanation of the amazing ability of the brain to rewire itself around damaged areas. Returning home from the hospital presents new challenges to both survivors and caregivers. The final two chapters address these issues. Throughout Living with Brain Injury, Senelick and Dougherty assure their readers that people can recover well from a brain injury, something that we all can't hear too often.