Jackie Parker

Good Practice in Brain Injury Case Management (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Brain injury case management involves the care and support of brain-injured individuals and their families in a range of areas, from personal injury litigation to the planning of treatment and therapy regimes.

Good Practice in Brain Injury Case Management provides a guide to effective case management, outlining all the key issues that professionals working with brain-injured people will need to know, from understanding what brain injury actually is and how it feels to experience it to strategies for rehabilitation, assessing risk and implementing support plans. The contributors are drawn from a wide range of disciplines, including social work, neuropsychology, occupational therapy and legal practice, and offer information and advice in clear jargon-free.

This is an essential handbook for case managers and all other professionals working with brain injured people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846425080
• Artikelnr.: 38358188

Autorenporträt

Jackie Parker is a Brain Injury Case manager and partner of one of the largest case management organisations in the north of England. She is a professionally qualified social worker and also holds a certificate in counselling.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
David J. Price
Consultant Neurosurgeon. Introduction. Jackie Parker
J.S. Parker & Associates. 1. What is Brain Injury Case Management? Jo Clark-Wilson
Head First Assessment & Case Management Services. 2. What is Brain Injury? Key Facts About the Initial Stages of Recovery
Pippa Griffiths
The Bede Centre. 3. `Goodbye to the Old. Hello to the New...' What is it Like to Survive a Brain Injury? Jackie Dean and Jackie Parker. 4. Brain Injury and the Family
Jean Booth
Anglia Case Management. 5. The Role of the Case Manager in Personal Injury Litigation
Neil Whiteley and Jane Wright
Irwin Mitchell Solicitors. 6. The Role of the Case Manager in Risk Assessment
Rita Greaves and Jill Harris
J.S. Parker & Associates. 7. The Role of the Case Manager in Supporting the Brain Injured Person During Transition. Ella Cornforth and Carol Varley
J.S. Parker & Associates. 8. Rehabilitation
Case Management and Community Reintegration
Catherine Johnson
Rehab Without Walls. 9. Recruitment of Brain Injury Support Workers
Lucy Gunn and Ivan Neary
J.S. Parker & Associates. 10. Super Support Worker: The Role of the Support Worker in Community Packages
Rita Greaves
Ivan Neary and Jane Warren
J.S.P. Manchester Ltd. 11. Support Worker Training: An Example Training Package - `Supporting an Individual with an Acquired Brain Injury'
Jayne Brake and Lucy Gunn
J.S. Parker & Associates.12. 24-hour Support Packages
Caroline Ferber
Anglia Case Management. 13. Support Plans and Maintenance Manuals
Jayne Brake and Jill Harris
J.S. Parker & Associates. Glossary. Subject Index. Author Index.