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Strive Rehabilitation NZ

Strive Rehabilitation Manawatū

Strive Rehabilitation @ Hawkes Bay

Strive Rehabilitation Tairawhiti

Brain Injury Association of New Zealand

The Brain Injury Association provides information, advocacy and support to people with brain injury and their families/whanau.

BIA New Zealand

Aphasia New Zealand

www.aphasia.org.nz

a.pha.sia (ay-faze-yuh) n. Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease.

Our Mission
To empower people with aphasia to participate in their own communities.

Email: info@aphasia.org.nz

Stroke Foundation of New Zealand

Freephone: 0800 STROKE (0800 78 76 53)

Phone: (04) 472 8099 Fax: (04) 472 7019

Email: strokenz@stroke.org.nz

Stroke Central

Providing community based support to stroke survivors and their families.

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide

Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide by clinical neuro-psychologist, Dr. Glen Johnson, is a free online survival guide for the families and survivors of traumatic brain injury

Brain Map

A helpful Brain Map by Robert P. Lehr Jr., Ph.D. explaining the brain functions of various areas of the brain, and observed problems relating to brain injury to those different areas.

New Zealand Government Departments

Accident Compensation Commission - for information on claims, avoiding accidents, etc.

Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora - Official website of the Ministry of Health. Contains health news and issues such as eligibility to health care services, smoke-free programmes, national screening programmes etc.

Mana whaikaha - Mana whaikaha is a disability support system offering disability disabled people, Tāngata whaikaha Māori , families and whānau more choice and control ver their supports.

Supportlinks - providing support services to people in Palmerston North (usually for people over the age of 65)

Brainline

Carers

Carers website provides a variety of health and disability information for care givers. It includes a chat room to discuss issues online, a message board and an online classified advertising service.

Headway

www.headway.org.uk - Headway National Head Injuries Association provides information, support and services to people with brain injury and their families.

Street Address: 7 King Edward Court, Nottingham NG1 1EW, United Kingdom.

Neuroscience for Kids

Click here - This website has been created for kids who want to know more about the nervous system. Resources include experiments, lesson plans, demonstrations, games and much more.

Brain Injury training Resources

www.tbistafftraining.info

Staff training for those working with traumatic brain injury.

www.abistafftraining.info

Staff training for those working with acquired brain injury.

www.living-with-attendant-care.info

Staff training for those providing attendant care.

Recommended Reading

• Brain Injury and the Family - A Life and Living Perspective, Dell Orto, A and Power, P, CRC Press, New York, 2000 (Second Edition).

[Information for families to help them comprehend, adjust , accept and survive the multi-dimensional trauma related to brain injury, and become an active partner in the treatment and adaptation process.]

• Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - A Guide to Living with the Challenges Associated with Concussion/Brain Injury, Roberts Stoler, D (Ed.D) and Albers Hill, B, Avery (a member of Penguin Putnam Inc), 1998

[A valuable resource to help those who have sustained concussion or mild traumatic brain injury overcome the frustrating symptoms and regain a life of health and vitality.]

• The Everest Within, Jenny Phillips, Clarity Publishing, Auckland, 2000.

[A compilation of experiences from New Zealanders who are living with the effects of brain injury (including an article written by one of our clients). Available for $16.50 from Brain Injury Association - Email: bianz@xtra.co.nz for details.]

• Head Injury - A Practical Guide, Trevor Powell, , Winslow Press, London, 2003.

[This vital book will enable professionals, families and carers to understand and cope with the psychological, social, behavioural and emotional problems created by head injury. Available from Headway in the UK.]

• Head Injury - Information and Answers to Commonly Asked Questions, Strum,C (MD), Forget, T (MD), Strum, J (RN), Quality Medical Publishing Inc, Missouri, 1998.

[A family's guide to coping - leading head injury specialists tell you what you need to know in an emergency]

• Head Injury: The Facts, Gronwall D, Wrightson P & Waddell P,  Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1990.

[This is a book authored by New Zealanders who have had many years of experience working with head-injured people, in both research and rehabilitation roles.]

• Life After Stroke - A Guide for People with a Stroke and their Families, Stroke Foundation of New Zealand Inc, 1998

[Available through the Stroke Foundation of New Zealand, P O Box 12482, Wellington]

• Living with Brain Injury - A Guide for Families, Second Edition, SDenelick, R (MD), Dougherty, K, HealthSouth Press, Alabama, 2001.

[Written by a neurologist who specialises in rehabilitation and brain injury, this book provides comprehensive information on the process of rehabilitation.]

• Living with Head Injury, Senelick R & Ryan C, Bantam Premium Books, Washington, 1991.

• Over My Head - A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out, Osborn, C, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 2000.

[A moving account of a medical doctor's journey through the rehabilitation process following a severe head injury.]

• My Stroke of Insight - A Brain Scientists Personal Journey, Jill Bolte Taylor PhD, Penguin Group USA, 2006.

• Traumatic Brain Injury - Rehabilitation for Everyday Adaptive Living, Ponsford, J with Sloan, S and Snow, P, Psychology Press (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group), Melbourne, 1999.

[Based on scientific evidence and extensive clinical experience, this book provides comprehensive and practical guidelines for the assessment and management of a wide range of problems associated with traumatic brain injury.]