Rehabilitation of the Severely Brain-Injured Adult

Provides a practical, interdisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of the severely brain-injured adult. Hitherto books on the subject have been highly medical or neuropsychological, with little about the practicalities of rehabilitating these patients with cognitive or functional deficits. This book provides practical ideas, yet based on a solid model, from a number of professional perspectives. The essence of the model views the patient within a social context, be it home environment or institution, with the basic aim of the development of functional skills for independent living. The book should therefore interest all professional staff - in medicine, nursing, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work - concerned with the brain-injured adult. This book should be of interest to health professionals, nurses, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers.