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Following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), sleep disorders are a common problem. Even in mild cases of TBI, the quality and quantity of an individual’s sleep can suffer. Studies estimate that around 30% to 70% of TBI patients have sleeping disorders. Furthermore,...

Finding helpful resources for your TBI recovery isn't always straightforward. If you’re also providing care to your child after a TBI, searching for help can add to the already stressful season. It should be easier to find the resources you need to help get through...

We want to give our loved ones the best care and support possible following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Specialized care is often needed for a full recovery since the recovery process for TBI varies from one person to the next. But numerous support programs are...

When a family member experiences a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it’s natural to want to know how long the recovery period will last. However, this can be difficult to predict. In fact, depending on the severity of the injury, recovery time for a TBI may vary from a...

When your loved one experiences a brain injury, it’s natural to want to get them help quickly. But before you decide on a TBI clinic, you need to ask some important questions. Not all acute brain injury rehabilitation is the same. After all, the decision will make all...

There are many tools that help survivors recover from their traumatic brain injury. But one of the most important tools for recovery is something no hospital in the world can offer: family caregivers. Being familiar with a survivor’s personality and habits, before the...

Following a brain injury, survivors often have a sudden surplus of time on their hands.  Many individuals are unable to return to work at their former jobs, and even those able to effect such a return will often spend some time between...

While under our care here at TLC, it's very common for patients to talk with staff about post-injury deficits and areas of recovery  that present those patients with particular difficulty.  The self-awareness of deficits that such dialogue...

One of the most significant adjustments  brain injury survivors confront in post-injury life is learning to manage a considerable increase in the amount of free time greeting them each day after returning home from rehabilitation.  While previously much of pre-injury...

I would like to tell a brief story about adjustment and meaning that I often share with our patients at TLC.  I believe it highlights many important aspects of healthy post-injury adjustment.  Many years ago, TLC had a patient who had suffered a...

Previously, I have discussed the use of circulars and telephone books in scanning exercises for brain injury survivors with left neglect and/or a field cut.  Another practical option for scanning exercises can be found in restaurant menus.  Almost...

Life with a brain injury can  generally be a pretty horrible experience.  So much of a survivor's daily reality often grows exponentially more difficult and complicated.  However, sometimes with proper perspective positive aspects of the...

Following a brain injury many survivors face great struggles in the realm of memory.  This can be especially embarrassing when a brain injury survivor has difficulty remembering the name of a person with whom he or she is already well...

Good days, bad days.  Everyone has them.  No one minds the good days, but those bad days can be such headaches.  Maybe you didn’t sleep well the previous night.  Perhaps your children were sick and were thoughtful enough to pass their germs on...

People are fantastic at finding problems to worry over.  We worry about the weather, the economy, our children, our homes and a myriad of other problems.  Think about it - news and sports radio are businesses that are essentially built on a 24/7 discussion...

A few days ago I was looking through news articles on strokes and ran across a headline stating that the purpose of rehabilitation is to return lost abilities.  The first thought that went through my head was “kinda”, as in that is really only “kinda” the...

Attention is a foundational skill that lays the groundwork for much of our cognitive functioning.  For instance, absent sufficient attention paid to your supervisor’s directions, it is impossible for you to remember and then follow those...

Attention is an important skill. It plays an integral role in almost everything we do. Attention is vital when we engage in daily activities such as paying bills, driving a car and safely walking through a busy parking lot. After a brain...

Prior to their injuries, many brain injury survivors were in good health. As such, these individuals rarely had to devote significant attention to  the taking of  medication. After suffering a brain injury though, survivors are often faced with many new health...

Most information that we try to remember usually comes through only two of our five senses, vision and hearing.  Interestingly, the memories we make for this information is generally stored in two separate parts of our brain.  We tend to store verbal...

When I first meet with brain-injured patients, I ask them to tell me about their goals.  In most cases, the patients will tell me about goals involving work and home.  These goals have to do with the long term,  future hopes of the patient.  These goals make fine...

After a brain injury, many survivors experience a decline in handwriting skills.  This may be due to an inability to use a dominant hand or a newly acquired general deficit in motor coordination.  However, with practice handwriting can be improved. One of the best...