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Acquired Brain Injury
Definition
The World Health Organization’s defines an acquired brain injury as damage to the brain that occurs after birth and is not related to a congenital or a degenerative disease. These impairments may be temporary or permanent and cause partial or functional disability or psychosocial maladjustment. (Geneva 1996.)
Causes
Acquired brain injuries may have many causes including trauma to the brain, cerebral vascular accidents, tumours, infections, exposure to toxins and lack of oxygen to the brain due to a wide variety of causes. The severity and type of brain injury will influence the services and supports required by the person with brain injury and their family.
Effects
A brain injury may only take seconds to occur, but the effects may last a lifetime. The impact of long-term neurological dysfunction for patients and families may be tragic.
A brain injury can affect the way people see themselves and interact with others and with society. There are cognitive, behavioural and physical effects of brain injury and the recovery process can be difficult for both the patients and their families.
Health Services
People with brain injuries need a continuum of services and supports including acute care in hospital, rehabilitation in acute care, longer-term institutional rehabilitation, residential services and other community supports.
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