Brain Injury: Recovery and Rehabilitation From a Caregiver’s Perspective
The onset of a brain injury serves to rally the family to help their loved one through the recovery and rehabilitation process. When rehabilitation ends the family may find themselves confronted with decisions about long-term care. An adult may return to living with their parents who are now in their 60’s. An injured spouse may return to a marital home as a dependent adult. A person injured as a child may continue to live with their parents when their peers graduate from college and start their adult lives.
In fact, 18% of the care recipients with a brain injury are between 45 and 65. 75% of their caregivers are females who are managing the care of an adult child or spouse in addition to competing family responsibilities. The Rosalyn Carter Institute at the University of Florida reported that these family caregivers averaged more than 23 hours-per-week of direct physical care. Additional responsibilities included: case management; transportation; housing; providing recreational activities; financial management and medication administration. The role of a caregiver is far more than a full-time job.
Contact Brookhaven Hospital today at 888-298-4673 to learn more about how the Lifespan Alternative can help.

