Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review

Objectives: This paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (ABI) with a focus on ABI burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. Method: Literature review Results: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is referred to a div...

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Main Authors: Parvaneh, Shahriar, Ghahari, Setareh, Cocks, Errol
Format: Journal Article
Published: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27675
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Ghahari, Setareh
Cocks, Errol
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description Objectives: This paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (ABI) with a focus on ABI burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. Method: Literature review Results: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. People with ABI are in face with different aspects of individual, family and social concerns or burdens which directly affect their lives. Although community integration as an ultimate aim of rehabilitation is optimal approach to overcome their consequences, a comprehensive concept of it is always challenging. There are several different definitions for community integration including various aspects of life with ABI. Conclusion: Living with brain injury constitutes an expanded experience of community isolation and consequences which reduces participation and social integration. Community integration is aimed to condense concerns of people with ABI with returning them to community.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-276752017-01-30T13:00:33Z Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review Parvaneh, Shahriar Ghahari, Setareh Cocks, Errol community integration inclusion acquired brain injury Objectives: This paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (ABI) with a focus on ABI burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. Method: Literature review Results: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. People with ABI are in face with different aspects of individual, family and social concerns or burdens which directly affect their lives. Although community integration as an ultimate aim of rehabilitation is optimal approach to overcome their consequences, a comprehensive concept of it is always challenging. There are several different definitions for community integration including various aspects of life with ABI. Conclusion: Living with brain injury constitutes an expanded experience of community isolation and consequences which reduces participation and social integration. Community integration is aimed to condense concerns of people with ABI with returning them to community. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27675 University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences fulltext
spellingShingle community integration
inclusion
acquired brain injury
Parvaneh, Shahriar
Ghahari, Setareh
Cocks, Errol
Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title_full Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title_fullStr Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title_short Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
title_sort community integration for after acquired brain injury: a literature review
topic community integration
inclusion
acquired brain injury
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27675