title: Describing an Early Social Work Intervention Program for Families after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
abstract: A necessary step to evaluating practice is the accurate specification of social work interventions. Interventions delivered to 27 families with a relative with traumatic brain injury (TBI) admitted to a specialist inpatient brain injury rehabilitation service were coded (655 hr of social work services). The most frequent interventions were counseling, education, and case management. Services addressed person-oriented (65%; e.g., adjustment to hospital, adjustment to disability, family conflict) and environment-oriented (35%; e.g., transport, accommodation, finance, legal, and immigration) issues. This is the first description of a family intervention program after TBI delivered in an inpatient setting and lays the groundwork for future evaluation.
authors.affiliation: a Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Group , Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research , Sydney , Australia.
authors.forename: Grahame
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: b Health Education Training Institute , Gladesville , Australia.
authors.forename: Daniella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.affiliation: c Aged Care Assessment Team , Eight Mile Plains Community Health Centre , Caboolture , Australia.
authors.forename: Shay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keogh
authors.affiliation: d Private Practice , Sydney , Australia.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lane
keywords: Caregiver; case management; counselors; evidence-based practice; family; intervention; psychosocial; social work; traumatic brain injury