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Article Check - A Passion for People Whose Lives Have Been Touched By Brain Injury
I got this announcement in an email from a lender. =>Fannie Mae Guidelines contain some good news and some bad news for marginal credit borrowers. These changes will take effect May 19thSeems as though Fannie Mae may be getting a little more conservative on their approvals for the High Risk, High LTV/CLTV loans. What does that mean? Quite simply, some high risk loans will be getting approvals with 'Levels' attached. Which means that they will be paying .5% to 1.5% higher rates than a low risk client. I see this as prudent and very fair for the borrowers. These levels have always existed, so that is nothing new. But the higher risk stuff will be getting 'leveled' more often now.Another announcement, an
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitatio
There is no more solid a foundation for your career in the world of nursing professionals than getting the best nursing education you possibly can. Whether your plans are to enter into a serious nursing career in a health institution, or to explore other fields such as mentoring undergraduates and fellow nursing experts, getting a quality nursing education will prove to be the single most valuable tool in helping you to reach your career goals.Formal Advanced and Continuing EducationMany institutions of higher learning include with their course offerings programs for aspiring nurses. For those who wish to enter into this wonderful field of health science, the opportunity to do so can be easily found
My name is Pat, and I am the sister of a TBI survivor.
My Brother's Story:
It was 1992. My brother was 34 years old, the husband of a 22 year old wife and father to two little girls ages 3 and 1. On an otherwise routine day, my brother became the victim of a freak accident. He was at work when the cable TV company sent a crew to take down old telephone poles and lines along a railroad track that ran through his company's property. They cut the wires but did not realize that one pole had a guy wire and was rotten at the base. It broke off and swung around and hit him in the head while he was sandblasting. The tank of the compressor prevented the pole from finishing its fall right into his face. The cross arm was right above his face.
We have a photo from the front page of the newspaper when that happened. It shows paramedics all around him. He was only unconscious for a short while. He came to as he was being worked on but does not remember how long they were there. The newspaper story caption has this last line "Was treated at the hospital for head lacerations and released." Isn't that disturbing given what we all now know?
The week following the accident he had crippling headaches. He called the ER doctors to ask what to do. They told him to take Tylenol and see his primary care doctor if it got worse. It got worse, but he didn't go as he was now more confused, sick to his stomach and sleeping a lot. His young wife didn't understand what was happening so didn't do anything else. The family never learned of the accident for weeks.
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitation
No matter what business you are in, there is a culture in your office. The language of the office is fluid, changing as quickly. Keeping up is important because clear communication is the key to success in everything you do. Here a few terms you might have heard but were unclear as to their true meaning:Office Creeper- a person who sneaks into an office during business hours and steals personal items and equipment.This is done often in plain view of others who may be confused as to whether or not that person is supposed to be in the office. These criminals are well dressed and pleasant to all staff while in the building.Butt Calls- These are calls made when someone accidentally sits or their ce
We have a photo from the front page of the newspaper when that happened. It shows paramedics all around him. He was only unconscious for a short while. He came to as he was being worked on but does not remember how long they were there. The newspaper story caption has this last line "Was treated at the hospital for head lacerations and released." Isn't that disturbing given what we all now know?
The week following the accident he had crippling headaches. He called the ER doctors to ask what to do. They told him to take Tylenol and see his primary care doctor if it got worse. It got worse, but he didn't go as he was now more confused, sick to his stomach and sleeping a lot. His young wife didn't understand what was happening so didn't do anything else. The family never learned of the accident for weeks.
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitatio
Like most comic publishers I spend quite a bit of time thinking about the state of the industry and how to make it better – well, truthfully, how to make my little corner of it better. After spending a lot of time thinking it over and discussing what everyone perceives to be the main elements leading to the downfall of comics (the distributor monopoly, for example), I realized what the biggest problem and killer really is: the industry.I believe most of the problems that we encounter “in the industry” come from the industry itself. First off, comic companies tend to publish only for those who are already in the industry. Comic publishers usually target their marketing towards those who are already here and c
We have a photo from the front page of the newspaper when that happened. It shows paramedics all around him. He was only unconscious for a short while. He came to as he was being worked on but does not remember how long they were there. The newspaper story caption has this last line "Was treated at the hospital for head lacerations and released." Isn't that disturbing given what we all now know?
The week following the accident he had crippling headaches. He called the ER doctors to ask what to do. They told him to take Tylenol and see his primary care doctor if it got worse. It got worse, but he didn't go as he was now more confused, sick to his stomach and sleeping a lot. His young wife didn't understand what was happening so didn't do anything else. The family never learned of the accident for weeks.
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitatio
It has never been explained why most typists care about their typing speed more than their typing accuracy. They are very proud of their fast typing, and always compare this with others. By contraries, they are always careless about their typing accuracy until they compose a letter full of typing mistakes. Of course, you are maybe one of the typists.The principal benefit of touch typing, not just for you, for every typist, is that data input via a keyboard no longer requires conscious thought. While copying a text from a source text, it is no longer necessary for you to divide your attention between the source, screen and keyboard. While composing an article or novel, it is no longer necessary for you to int
The week following the accident he had crippling headaches. He called the ER doctors to ask what to do. They told him to take Tylenol and see his primary care doctor if it got worse. It got worse, but he didn't go as he was now more confused, sick to his stomach and sleeping a lot. His young wife didn't understand what was happening so didn't do anything else. The family never learned of the accident for weeks.
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitatio
Alcohol dependence is still one of the major public health problems in today’s society, and very clearly demonstrated is the well characterized alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Yes! Alcohol withdrawal signs and symptoms are often minor but could develop into a severe condition. Because of alcohol issues most dependence are often seen frequently by physicians which tend to treat about 20% occurring in hospitalized patients.Doctors will come across this type of dependence in several medical cases. In recent years there has been studies and research on pharmacologic interventions aimed at coping with alcohol withdrawal. However, most of these studies are widely dispersed in the medical literature, and these gener
Of course we know now that his brain was swelling and damage was being done. Today he is doing fairly well but it was a long road getting here. As a person with what started out as a moderate TBI now milder, he could not get services that would have helped him. The best thing that he got was some counseling. The woman he saw did help with his grief and loss but did not have any supports or strategies to offer for any type of rehabilitation. So he got none.
In the last few years our state (NY) had developed a Medicaid Waiver for services for people with TBI. There are some great supports there and many people have come home from nursing homes and others never had to go. But the services are for people who would otherwise need to be in a nursing home so aren't available to others. Most of the available services do not fit with his needs as he has been able to (with difficulty) keep his job, raise his now teen-aged daughters, and continue his hobby of building hot rods (he is somewhat well known for his wonderful skills in this!) I am grateful that our many conversations, often over the telephone, were helpful in listening, discovering and celebrating his still wonderful inner resources, reaching for new goals and finding strategies to keep him moving forward in his recovery.
I am a teacher who was looking for work in 1994 when I was hired by an agency that provided services to people with developmental disabilities. By 1996 I had started a nice day program that people really enjoyed. When that agency decided to become a provider for the TBI Waiver, they asked me to start a day program for people with brain injury. It was then that I became really educated in what that is all about. Since then I have had other positions including directing an agency that strictly provided services to people with TBI.
Last year when I was researching some new training for the life skills coaches I ran across the life coaching model and it immediately began to attract me. There is so much in this model that would be ideal for so many if the service could be developed for people with TBI.
Are you familiar with what that is? It is not counseling or therapy but a coaching approach to supporting personal growth. I am combining some of the
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