Product Description
The new, updated edition of the renowned classic—complete with cutting edge neuroplaticity and exciting experimental rehabilitation research! Living with Brain Injury will help readers—both families of patients and professionals alike—through new, uncharted territory of brain rehabilitation, a world where people we love may change before our eyes, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 8 reviews)

Great Resource for Family of Brain Injured Loved One by Antionette B. Kimball (Ocala, FL)

5 Stars
February 10, 2010
I've purchased 5 of these books for family memebers - we each refer to it often. But don't wait for long - buy it as soon as you need it so you will know better what's ahead. And you will want to keep it around for a while. I also got the video, but find the book easier to manuever in. The author, Richard C Senelick, MD, must be a very caring person, as he personally answered my email regarding the video. Again, many decisions may have to be made, and you will be more aware of some of them if you get this book as soon as you need it.... Also, start taking pictures immediately, and if your loved one has to be moved from one place to another, take more pictures, especially in rehab. Plan a meeting with the new rehab immediately and present facts and figures about how your family member is doing. Therapy departments are not the best at forwarding information, and may want to do tests over and over again, or may not believe how your person is doing. You will save time and money and effort by being prepared with your information. A. Kimball

Probably nothing you didn't already know. by L. Laflamme (Ga. USA)

3 Stars
May 23, 2009
If you are living with someone with a brain injury, there is probably very little in this book that you didn't already know. Having said that, it still is worth the read. It's a long process and reading things you heard in the hospital or rehab months before is reassuring and comforting. Knowing that when things start manifesting, you aren't crazy is a help too. You can read that others have gone through the same or worse.

The Best Layman's TBI Book by R. Gibbons (Dallas, Texas)

5 Stars
October 31, 2008
Of all the traumatic brain injury books designed for laymen that I have read, this is the best -- from both understanding the medical aspects to dealing with the personality changes in a TBI patient. I only wish that a more recent edition was available and that a chapter dealing with the wild ride that occurs with elderly patients was included.

A must read for families/friends of TBI patients by Tina Schuman

5 Stars
August 08, 2008
Excellent coverage of a very difficult subject.I am a brain injury nurse @ a rehabilitation hospital and have worked w/TBI patients for 20 years. This book takes you through the unfortunate experience about as well as anything I have yet read.I bought this for my daughter whose longtime boyfriend suffered a closed head injury in April,2008. She could not put this book down for 3 days. Excellent info/insight.

Living with Brain Injury: A Guide for Families, Second Ed. by Y. Basabe (Fayetteville, NC)

5 Stars
May 05, 2008
This was an excellent book. It's easy to read and well organized. Great references for further reading and help. If your loved one recently suffered a TBI this is the book to read. It will answer alot of the questions you will have as they progress in treatment. This book will explain the medications, treatment procedures etc that your loved one may be going through. I wish I would have gotten this book from the beginning. This is an excellent book to purchase for someone as soon as possible. It will help guide you through the process and what to expect.

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