Jim Thorpe Patient Education

Brain Injury Program

Traumatic Brain Injury Handouts

Offers a comprehensive range of services to treat both traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Our program maximizes an individual’s functional potential and improves quality of life. An important aspect of our brain injury program is in patient and family education along with one on one therapy to re-learn, adapt, recover and compensate to help an individual regain the most independent level of functioning possible. Ongoing support is provided at discharge.

Jim Thorpe Handouts

• Brain Injury FAQ
• Brain Injury Glossary of Terms
• Brain Injury LEGAL ISSUES
• Brain Injury Memory Strategies
• Brain Injury Planning for Discharge
• Brain Injury Aphasia FAQ
• Brain Injury Caregiving

Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center

• Understanding TBI Part 1: What happens to the brain during injury?
• Understanding TBI Part 2: Brain Injury Impact on Individual's Functioning
• Understanding TBI Part 3: The Recovery Process
• Understanding TBI Part 4: The impact of recent TBI
• Couples' Relationships after TBI
• TBI and Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Cognitive Problems after TBI
• Driving After TBI
• Emotional Problems after TBI
• Fatigue and TBI
• Headaches after TBI
• Seizures after TBI
• Sleep and TBI
• Alcohol Use after TBI
• Balance Problems after TBI
• Depression after TBI
• Sexuality after TBI 

Spanish Handouts

• Understanding TBI Part 1: What happens to the brain during injury? - Conocimiento sobre TBI Parte 1: ¿Qué le sucede al cerebro durante una lesión y en la etapa temprana de recuperación de una lesión cerebral traumática?
• Understanding TBI Part 2: Brain Injury Impact on Individual's Functioning - Conocimiento sobre TBI Parte 2: El impacto de la lesión cerebral en el funcionamiento de la persona
• Understanding TBI Part 3: The Recovery Process - Conocimiento sobre TBI Parte 3: El proceso de recuperación
• Understanding TBI Part 4: The impact of recent TBI - Conocimiento sobre TBI Parte 4: El impacto de una lesión cerebral traumática reciente en los familiares y lo que pueden hacer para ayudar con la recuperación
• Couples' Relationships after TBI – Relación de pareja después de una LCT
• Cognitive Problems after TBI - Problemas cognoscitivos después de una LCT
• Driving After TBI - Conducir después de una LCT
• Emotional Problems after TBI - Problemas emocionales después de una LCT
• Fatigue and TBI - La fatiga y la LCT
• Headaches after TBI - Dolor de cabeza después de una LCT
• Seizures after TBI - Convulsiones después de una LCT
• Sleep and TBI - El sueño y la LCT
• Alcohol Use after TBI - El alcohol y LCT
• Balance Problems after TBI - Problemas de equilibrio y LCT
• Depression after TBI - Depresión después de una LCT
• Sexuality after TBI - Sexualidad después de una LCT

Traumatic Brain Injury Videos

Offers a comprehensive range of services to treat both traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Our program maximizes an individual’s functional potential and improves quality of life. An important aspect of our brain injury program is in patient and family education along with one on one therapy to re-learn, adapt, recover and compensate to help an individual regain the most independent level of functioning possible. Ongoing support is provided at discharge.

• UAB Sexuality after TBI Video
• 4 Easy Tips to Communicate with someone with Aphasia
• Understanding Brain Injury: Introduction Chapter 1
• Understanding Brain Injury: Brain Injury Basics and Anatomy Chapter 2
• Understanding Brain Injury: Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury Chapter 3
• Understanding Brain Injury: Understanding Non-Traumatic Brain Injury Chapter 4
• Understanding Brain Injury: Practical Advice for Coping with Brain Injury Chapter 5
• Swallowing
• Dysphagia
• Who Will Test Someone's Swallowing?
• Modified Diet and Thicken Liquids

If you or a loved one has had an injury, illness or some other health factor that makes it hard to move around your home, you might be concerned about home safety. Tracy Turner, an occupational therapist with INTEGRIS Home Care, offers some tips on the proper equipment you should have around your home to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Traumatic Brain Injury Links

Offers a comprehensive range of services to treat both traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Our program maximizes an individual’s functional potential and improves quality of life. An important aspect of our brain injury program is in patient and family education along with one on one therapy to re-learn, adapt, recover and compensate to help an individual regain the most independent level of functioning possible. Ongoing support is provided at discharge. 

• The Brain Injury Association of America
• The Brain Injury Resource Foundation
• Brain Injury Guide and Resources
• Brainline
• United States Brain Injury Alliance