Brain Injury Rehabilitation Resources

These resources relate to rehabilitation outcomes for adults, young people and children following traumatic brain injury.

My rehab, my journey website

Aboriginal people who have a long stay in hospital following trauma or medical episode face some unique challenges. My rehab, my journey Gadjigadji aims to support clinicians and health staff to create a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal people in their ward.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/projects/my-rehab

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Subcategory: My rehab, my journey Resource Type: Toolkits

Updated: 15 October 2021

Summary of the guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter for people with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/167289/Guidelines-for-Wheelchair-Prescription-Summary.pdf

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Subcategory: Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Updated: 3 July 2012

Technical report for the Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter for people with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/167288/Guidelines-on-Wheelchair-Pescription-Technical-Report_.pdf

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Subcategory: Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter Resource Type: Reports

Updated: 3 July 2012

Consumer information - Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter for people with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/167287/Guidelines-on-Wheelchair-Prescription-Consumer-Information.pdf

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Subcategory: Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter Resource Type: Consumer Information

Updated: 3 July 2012

Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter for people with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/167286/Guidelines-on-Wheelchair-Prescription.pdf

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Subcategory: Guidelines for the prescription of a seated wheelchair or mobility scooter Resource Type: Clinical Guidelines

Updated: 3 July 2012

Transitional Living Programs poster

This poster aims to increase awareness of the NSW Health specialised transitional rehabilitation programs available to adults with severe brain injury, often from motor vehicle accidents, falls, assaults etc. The program provides therapy and support after leaving hospital and in response to life changes.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/446309/BIRP_Poster_18079.PDF

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Subcategory: Transitional Living Programs in NSW Resource Type: Brochures

Updated: 14 September 2018

Client and service outcomes for transitional living programs: evaluation report

This report describes an evaluation of transitional living programs, which help with the recovery and rehabilitation of people with an acquired brain injury.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/326439/Client_and_service_outcomes_for_transitional_living_programs_report.pdf

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Subcategory: Transitional Living Programs in NSW Resource Type: Reports

Updated: 24 August 2016

Transition Living Evaluation Report: Stage Two: A Pilot Project

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/159798/tlp_evaluation_finalreport.pdf

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Subcategory: Transitional Living Programs in NSW Resource Type: Reports

Updated: 18 November 2011

Transition Living Program - Evaluation Report (Stage One)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/159797/tlp_evaluation_report_stage1.pdf

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Subcategory: Transitional Living Programs in NSW Resource Type: Reports

Updated: 18 November 2011

Transitional Living Program [Clinician brochure]

This brochure is for health professionals considering the benefits of referring clients to the Transitional Living Programs (TLPs)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/338400/TransitionalLivingFlyer.pdf

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Subcategory: Transitional Living Programs in NSW Resource Type: Clinician Summaries

Updated: 14 September 2018

Brain Injury Network Newsletter - December 2011

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/161246/BIRD_Newsletter_2011.pdf

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Subcategory: Network Updates Resource Type: Newsletters

Updated: 23 January 2012

Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service Delivery Project - Developing a Model of Care for Rural and Remote NSW

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/159792/aciabi_rural_remote.pdf

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Subcategory: Acquired Brain Injury Resource Type: Models of Care

Updated: 18 November 2011

Care and Support Pathways for People with an Acquired Brain Injury

http://www.adhc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0007/237751/ADHC-ABIPathways-R10.pdf

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Subcategory: Acquired Brain Injury Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Working with people with acquired brain injury

http://www.abistafftraining.info/

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Subcategory: Acquired Brain Injury Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Challenging Behaviours Project: Adults (Sections)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/brain-injury-rehabilitation/challenging_behaviours_project_adults/challenging-behaviours-project-adults-sections

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Subcategory: Challenging Behaviours Project: Adults Resource Type: Models of Care

Updated: 25 July 2014

Challenging Behaviours Project: Adults (Complete Document)

Using the analysis of prevalence, course, co-morbidity and burden to inform the model of care.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/165800/Challenging-Behaviours-Project-Adults.pdf

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Subcategory: Challenging Behaviours Project: Adults Resource Type: Models of Care

Updated: 14 August 2012

Challenging Behaviours Project: Paediatrics (Sections)

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/brain-injury-rehabilitation/challenging_behaviours_project_paediatrics/challenging_behaviours_project_paediatrics_sections

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Subcategory: Challenging Behaviours Project: Paediatrics Resource Type: Models of Care

Updated: 6 October 2015

Challenging Behaviours Project: Paediatrics (Complete Document)

Using the analysis of prevalence and burden to inform the model of care.

https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/165799/Challenging-Behaviours-Project-Paediatrics.pdf

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Subcategory: Challenging Behaviours Project: Paediatrics Resource Type: Models of Care

Updated: 14 August 2012

Brain Injury Association of America

http://www.biausa.org/

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Subcategory: Organisations - International Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust

http://www.birt.co.uk/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - International Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - International Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Access Brain Injury Services

http://www.accessbis.com.au/index.html

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Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit

https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/liverpool/biru/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Break Thru Personnel Incorporated

http://www.breakthru.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Carers NSW

http://www.carersnsw.asn.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

CatholicCare Sydney

https://www.catholiccare.org/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Liverpool Hospital Trauma Registry

https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/liverpool/trauma/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - New South Wales Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Australian Brain Foundation

http://brainfoundation.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Australian Disability Resources

https://www.ausdisability.com.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 27 November 2020

Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment

http://www.assbi.com/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital

http://www.epworth.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Foundation

http://brainfoundation.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Injury Association of Tasmania

http://www.biat.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Injury Australia

Founded in 1986, Brain Injury Australia is the nation’s peak advocacy organisation representing the over 700,000 Australians living with a brain injury. Alongside providing policy advice to Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, and representing consumers on a range of advisory groups, Brain Injury Australia also drives multi-year public education campaigns on: the leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) – falls – due to the ageing of our population; people with a brain injury in the criminal justice system (as many as 80 per cent of adult prisoners report 1 or more brain injuries); the leading cause of death and disability in children who have been abused – inflicted TBI (sometimes referred to as “Shaken Baby Syndrome”); TBI in the military (1 in every 10 Australian Defence Force personnel who served in the Middle East reported a post-deployment TBI); women, domestic and family violence and TBI; and concussion in sport.

http://www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Brain Injury SA

http://braininjurysa.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Head Injured Society of Western Australia

http://www.headwest.asn.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Headwest-Brain Injury Association of Western Australia

http://www.headwest.asn.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Julia Farr Services

http://www.juliafarr.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 16 November 2020

Synapse Australia

Synapse is dedicated to reconnecting the lives of those affected by neurocognitive disability. We believe that everyone affected by neurocognitive disability is entitled to a life of quality, based on their own decisions and choices. In working to achieve this, Synapse delivers a range of services across Australia including information and referral, advocacy, NDIS services, resources, peer support, research, housing support, and indigenous services.

http://www.synapse.org.au/

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: Web Resources

Updated: 16 November 2020

The Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) Resources

https://assbi.com.au/Resource

Format: Webpage

Subcategory: Organisations - National and Interstate Resource Type: External Links

Updated: 27 November 2020

Aquired Brain injury literature resource guide

http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/595737/Disability_abi_resourcemanual_201205.pdf

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