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Title Good practice in brain injury case management / edited by Jackie Parker ; foreword by David J. Price.

Publication Info. London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Good practice in health, social care and criminal justice ; 11
Good practice in health, social care and criminal justice ; 11.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents What is brain injury case management? / Jo Clark-Wilson -- What is brain injury? Key facts about the initial stages of recovery / Pippa Griffiths -- Goodbye to the old, hello to the new-- what is it like to survive a brain injury? / Jackie Dean and Jackie Parker -- Brain injury and the family / Jean Booth -- The role of the case manager in personal injury litigation / Neil Whiteley and Jane Wright -- The role of the case manager in risk assessment / Rita Greaves and Jill Harris -- The role of the case manager in supporting the brain injured person during transition / Ella Cornforth and Carol Varley -- Rehabilitation, case management and community reintegration / Catherine Johnson.
Recruitment of brain injury support workers / Lucy Gunn and Ivan Neary -- Super support worker: the role of the support worker in community packages / Rita Greaves, Ivan Neary, and Jane Warren -- Support worker training: an example training package--'supporting an individual with an acquired brain injury' / Jayne Brake and Lucy Gunn -- 24-hour support packages / Caroline Ferber -- Support plans and maintenance manuals / Jayne Brake and Jill Harris.
Summary Brain injury case management involves the care and support of brain-injured individuals and their families in a range of areas, from personal injury litigation to the planning of treatment and therapy regimes. Good Practice in Brain Injury Case Management provides a guide to effective case management, outlining all the key issues that professionals working with brain-injured people will need to know, from understanding what brain injury actually is and how it feels to experience it to strategies.
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Subject Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Case studies.
Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Brain Injuries -- rehabilitation.
Case Management.
Social Work.
United Kingdom.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Parker, Jackie (Jacqueline Susan)
Other Form: Print version: Good practice in brain injury case management. London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2006 184310315X (DLC) 2006009480 (OCoLC)65195314
ISBN 9781846425080 (electronic book)
1846425085 (electronic book)
1280738316
9781280738319
9781843103158 (paperback)
184310315X (paperback)