Carers Week 2018 runs from 11-17 June. It is an annual awareness campaign which celebrates and recognises the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers. This year the campaign, driven by a team…
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The human brain is a unique, complex organ that is the control centre for everything we think, feel and do. Unfortunately it can be damaged in any number of ways, which can lead to subtle…
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All Brain Injury Group training events book up quickly, but one of the most popular year after year is Child Brain Injury. The speakers at the April 2018 event represented a breadth of interests as…
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National research undertaken by the Cycle Smart Foundation (CSF) in 2017 suggests that children as young as five should be given formal cycling and road awareness training. The Bikeability scheme is typically offered in school…
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All agree the benefits of early rehabilitation, but from where and at what cost? The delegates that attend our award-winning training events are a diverse group of professionals with a common interest in supporting individuals…
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Susie Quinlan of Independent Living Solutions set the tone for our recent ‘Rehabilitation’ training day by looking at the challenges that providing paid care support in a client’s home can present and, most importantly, how…
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A comprehensive review of all literature on brain injury and criminal activity by a group of experts from five leading universities suggests that up to 60% of the UK’s prison population have had some kind…
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The isolation experienced by a family from Newry following a devastating brain injury led to them establish a charity and Northern Ireland’s first community-owned support centre that now has over 100 members. Frank and Aileen…
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Slopestyle, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, alpine, freestyle … if the Winter Olympics have given us anything, it’s been dramatic, acrobatic, seemingly impossible athleticism to wonder at – and any number of spectacular crashes and falls…
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America’s Food and Drug Administration has given permission for the first blood test to evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in adults to be marketed. Head injury patients have typically been assessed according to the…
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Latest news from The Brain Injury Group
Can you get an eating disorder from a brain injury?
The effects of an acquired brain injury (“ABI”) are truly multi-faceted, ranging from dysexecutive syndrome, neuro-behavioural issues, to more obvious physical disabilities. It is well known that mental health issues and conditions can arise from…
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Returning to work after a brain injury
Not everybody who has sustained a brain injury will be experiencing the same difficulties or challenges. We often see Clients with hidden effects of a brain injury and it may not be immediately obvious that…
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What is a birth injury?
It is not uncommon for minor health complications to arise during or following the birth – these often resolve quickly and require little or no treatment. However, some birth injuries may have life-changing consequences that…
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