Who's teaching whom? A study of family education in brain injury.
Acquired brain injury affects every aspect of life-cognition, emotional response, physical ability, and behavior. Although the changes affect the person with the brain injury most directly, people who provide care also experience changes. Family members play a critical role in the long-term rehabilitation of a person with a brain injury. The demands involved can deplete the most resourceful of families. Therefore, they must have multiple resources available to them to ensure the best possible outcome for the brain-injured member. A formalized family education program is an important resource in helping family members understand the brain injury and their ability to cope with and assist in the rehabilitation process (Maitz & Sachs, 1995). This article reports a qualitative study that measured the perceptions of 15 families that received an educational program about the care of a person with a brain injury.
Smith
Michele S
MS
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Testani-Dufour
Linda
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*