Family-Caregiving Resources

 This factsheet includes tools for how to overcome parenting challenges that might be encountered after a …

Provides information about brain injuries (BI) in young children and how to decrease the risk, and protect children from BI.

This handout provides tips for improving communication between family, caregivers and healthcare professionals.

This article explains what compassion fatigue is, and ways that caregivers/family can manage it.

This fact sheet will help couples understand some of the common changes they may notice in their relationship after TBI. Also, suggestions are given on how couples can address some of the more difficult changes they are experiencing.

This handout provides general tips that individuals, families and caregivers can use when dealing with COVID-related anxiety and a brain injury.

This article provides tips for dealing with the family changes and guilt that can occur when a child gets a brain injury.

This article provides ways for how to assess if in-home help is needed, the types of in-home services available, and how to access the help.

Describes common problems for families after a loved one experiences a brain injury. Also provides ways to manage those problems.

This brief video lets family caregivers know it’s okay not to be okay and offers positive affirmations.

Después de sufrir una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT), muchas parejas encuentran que la relación con su pareja cambia drásticamente. Esos cambios son bastante personales y pueden ser demasiado emocionales para dos personas en una relación. La presente hoja informativa busca ayudar a las parejas a comprender algunos de los cambios comunes que pueden notar en su relación después de la …

This handout provides strategies that other parents have used in coping with guilt from a child’s brain injury.

Having a parent who is recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can make being a teenager very hard sometimes. Many teens tell us that their lives have become very complicated. Often, they are not sure where to turn for help. This article will explain some of the normal feelings and experiences many teenagers have when they are living with a parent who has a brain injury. …

This document provides information about several respite options available in Virginia.

This quick guide provides ways in which caregivers can promote resiliency and self-care in their own lives.

Esta hoja informativa incluye herramientas sobre cómo superar los desafíos de crianza que podrían encontrarse después de una …

This handout provides facts about shaken baby syndrome, risk factors, prevention tips, and resources to connect with.

This article provides practical tips for caregivers to release control and promote independence for their loved ones who sustained a brain injury.

This article provides information about discussing a family member’s brain injury with a child, as well as tips to help them cope.

This is a quick guide for parents/caregivers that provides info on what symptoms to look for, returning to school, and recovery take-aways for children who sustained a TBI.

Provides information about TBI in infants and children, and considerations for returning to school.

This handout provides common problems and solutions that some families use to help them feel supported and strong.

This handout explains the developmental changes that may occur in a child following a brain injury.