Monthly Archives: June 2017

Executive dysfunction after brain injury

Originally posted on Living with Head/Brain Injury (TBI):
Executive dysfunction is a term for the range of cognitive, emotional and behavioural difficulties which often occur after injury to the frontal lobes of the brain. Impairment of executive functions is…

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“IF I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another…”

Originally posted on INSPIRE:
IF: If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another… https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/if-if-i-can-throw-a-single-ray-of-light-across-the-darkened-pathway-of-another-if-i-can-aid-some-soul-to-clearer-sight-of-life-and-duty-and-thus-bless-my-brother-3/ and https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/if-if-i-can-throw-a-single-ray-of-light-across-the-darkened-pathway-of-another-if-i-can-aid-some-soul-to-clearer-sight-of-life-and-duty-and-thus-bless-my-brother-2/ ? “Sharing, supporting, informing,  enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring” enough there for now, c! A…

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A World Turned Upside Down

A World Turned Upside Down https://thenurseanewbook.wordpress.com/ and A World Turned Upside Down   Also see “People speak glibly about life changing moments. Some truly qualify … “People speak glibly about life changing moments. Some truly qualify …   “People speak glibly about … Continue reading

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“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Mayo Clinic

Originally posted on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI:
Many people who have had a significant brain injury will experience changes in their thinking (cognitive) skills. Traumatic brain injury can result in problems with many skills, including: Intellectual problems Cognitive problems Executive…

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Headway Acute Trauma Support

Originally posted on "An Extraordinary Life": The Young Kiwi Nurse (M: A New Book):
https://www.headway.org.uk/supporting-you/headway-acute-trauma-support/ great work these nurses do see http://www.quietheroes.wordpress.com following on from https://www.headway.org.uk/about-brain-injury/individuals/my-story/sarah-sayers/ and https://www.facebook.com/livingwithheadinjury/ PPS “Nurses are quiet heroes in comfortable shoes”

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Managing anger after brain injury: 10 ways to manage anger: tips for brain injury survivors

Originally posted on "An Extraordinary Life": The Young Kiwi Nurse (M: A New Book):
from https://www.facebook.com/livingwithheadinjury/ https://livingwithheadbraininjury.wordpress.com/ and https://anoneextraordinarylife.wordpress.com ? https://www.headway.org.uk/news/national-news/9-ways-to-help-with-anger-problems-tips-for-families-friends-and-carers/ ? ? Also see Managing anger after brain injury https://www.headway.org.uk/news/national-news/10-ways-to-manage-anger-tips-for-brain-injury-survivors/ https://www.headway.org.uk/media/3994/managing-anger-e-booklet.pdf ? “We share what we know,…

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Frank Spencer (aka ‘Demon King’) in “King of the Road”

Originally posted on Living with Head/Brain Injury (TBI):
https://vimeo.com/128086952 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkH59MhEqQ from https://livingwithheadinjury.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/frank-spencer-aka-demon-king-in-king-of-the-road/ ? As m says to me, “Hope you’re never called up to be a witness in a trial, because no-one will ever know what went on!”…

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“The dream never died – it’s just taken another course”

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