Health Services > Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service (ABIOS)

Surviving Change After ABI

Acquired Brain Injury leads to many changes for both the individual and their family and friends. At ABIOS we work with clients and their families on their goals to improve their ability to function as independently as possible in the community following their Acquired Brain Injury.

The following areas are some of the more common issues that our clients and their families raise during their programs with our service:

Adjustment, Grief and Loss

Attention and Concentration after Brain Injury (pdf, 70kb)

Communication and Language Changes Following an ABI

Coping with Changes in Memory and Learning (pdf, 96kb)

Coping with Cognitive Changes after ABI (pdf, 111kb)

Getting a Good Sleep after ABI (pdf, 83 kb)

Goal Setting (pdf, 50kb)

Housing

Managing Fatigue (pdf, 72kb)

Parenting

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder