Prior to Brain Injury: Lori Part Four In this part we talk to Lori about who she was prior to brain injury. What was her life like prior to the accident and prior to brain injury. Let’s talk about who you were before you got hurt prior to brain..
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Brain Pathology : Lori Part Three In Part Three we will discuss with Lori her brain pathology and the nature of her injuries. She states that the left parietal brain pathology is the part that was injured. We also talk about the her parents grief and how to this day it..
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A former Mrs. Idaho sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) this summer, but is on the road to recovery, according to NWCN.com. The ex-beauty queen was slated to appear on “The Today Show” yesterday, Monday. http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=172014071&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227 Jamie Hilton, who was Mrs. Idaho 2009, had a spill in Hells Canyon, Idaho,..
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Severity of TBI: Lori Part Two There are primarily two methods to classify the severity of TBI, the length of coma (or loss of consciousness) and the length of amnesia. In assessing amnesia, it is not so much the loss of memory for events before the injury that is significant (retrograde..
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Brain Injury Accident: Lori Part One A normal morning, vivid in Lori Faitel’s mind because of the normality of it, fractured in her memory because of the unexpected event that changed her life. It was April 25th, 1986, a moment in time that dictated the direction of Lori’s future. A motor..
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Doug Concludes with Part Eight – Community Integration: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/doug-story-concludes-community-integration/ TBI survivors are often thrown back to earlier developmental stages to re-learn important tasks that their injured brain forgot how to do. This is often seen in speech and physical therapy where a TBI survivor must, like a young child, learn..
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Doug Part Seven – Vocational Rehabilitation After Brain Injury http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/vocational-reintegration-after-severe-brain-injury/ Continuous mental work helps to re-wire damaged pathways in the brain, which ultimately results in better long-term outcomes for people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury. Vocational rehabilitation and community re-integration ideally could work in tandem to help achieve..
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The parents of a Cliffside Park, N.J., high school football player — who died after sustaining a traumatic brain injury — have come to a $125,000 settlement with the local school district, according to The Record of Bergen County. http://www.northjersey.com/cliffsidepark/171419251.html The settlement marked the culmination of a lawsuit stemming from..
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Doug Part Six – Dealing with Seizures and Headaches https://tbilaw.com/?p=268 Much of the time, brain injury is thought of as a cognitive disorder. Discussions often fail to mention other common problems such as pain, migraines and seizures. Doug talks about his “attacks”—something between a seizure and migraine—that are being treated with..
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Doug Part Four – Transitioning to the Real World: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/doug-transitioning-to-the-real-world/ Doug was at Clearview for 13 months where he received therapy 6 days a week, the goal being to transition into living on his own as much as possible, as opposed to being placed in a nursing home or group..
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