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MILITARY
 Advocacy Information has been moved to its own page for easier reading.
Military - Advocacy
The San Diego Brain Injury Foundation is proud to offer support for military personnel and their families. The services that the Foundation provides offer a supportive and confidential environment for brain injury survivors and their families. The speaker series, support groups, helpline, agency referral information, and other services assist veterans and families in their journey to provide the appropriate medical and rehabilitation treatment and support programs that suit the specialized needs of the soldier who has acquired a brain injury. Our Foundation includes military veterans and service providers who serve as board members and volunteers. Having served the brain injury community since 1983, SDBIF is in a unique position to enhance the support network for brain injury survivors in the military and their family members. Let us help.
For information about programs, services and organizations helping Vets in California, visit www.calvet.ca.gov.
VAs Telephone Service Helps Family Members
Encourage Veterans to Seek Medical Care
WASHINGTON The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a telephone service, Coaching into Care, to provide assistance to family members and friends trying to encourage their Veteran to seek health care for possible readjustment and mental health issues.
Those closest to Veterans are often the first to recognize when Veterans are having difficulties, said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. Family members and friends may not know what to say to encourage their Veterans to seek much needed readjustment and health care. The Coaching into Care line will help them find the right words.
To help Veterans address problems and support Veterans in making decisions about getting care, the Coaching into Care program offers unlimited, free coaching with family members or friends over a series of telephone calls. The priority is connecting Veterans with VA care in their community through the family members help and encouragement. Callers receive professional coaching on solving specific logistical obstacles and encouraging sometimes reluctant Veterans to seek care while still respecting the Veterans right to make personal decisions.
Coaching into Care, launched in March 2011, has had more than 650 calls with family members or friends of greater than 175 Veterans to encourage them to seek care. This phone line is connected to VAs Veterans Crisis Line, Caregiver Support Line, and the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans. This way, if the caller or Veteran is in an immediate crisis, or has concerns regarding caregiving for a disabled Veteran, or seeking assistance regarding homelessness, there is no wrong number for families to call.
Callers can reach VAs Coaching into Care program at the toll-free number 1-888-823-7458, 8 a.m. 8 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and online at http://www.mirecc.va.gov/coaching/. As always, Veterans can reach immediate help at the Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255, press 1 for Veterans.
WATCH and LISTEN - http://tinyurl.com/npr-soldiers-tbi
NPR - With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Soldiers Face Battle for Care
T. Christian Miller and Daniel Zwerdling
Posted on June 9, 2010.
Articles of Interest:
Pentagon Focuses on Brain Trauma
Officials Step Up Efforts to Detect, Prevent Brain Injuries
Military Plans to Test Brain Injury Therapy
Website Links: Support for veterans and their families:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/traumatic-brain-injury
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39017437/ns/health-health_care
http://www.dvbic.org/ - Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military, VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI.
http://www.t2health.org/index.html - National Center for Telehealth and Technology
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology (T2) researches, develops, evaluates, and deploys new and existing technologies for Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) across the Department of Defense (DoD).
T2 is a component center of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE), which leads a collaborative global network to promote the resilience, recovery and reintegration of Warriors and their families who face psychological health and traumatic brain injury issues.
http://www.neuroskills.com/ - Center for Neuroskills
The mission of CNS is to reduce disability, maximize independence, and achieve the maximum possible quality of life for clients who have suffered brain injury within the client’s existing financial constraints.
Their vision is to position Centre for Neuro Skills� (CNS) as a world leader in medical treatment, rehabilitation, and disease management for individuals with brain injury, while pursuing and advancing the best clinical treatment, education, and research.
http://www.birf.info/home/library/vet/vet-index.html -
The mission of the Brain Injury Resource Foundation is to provide education, advocacy and support for persons affected by brain injury.
US Veteran Brain Injury News is one of their links.
http://www.avbi.org/ - American Veterans with Brain Injuries. |
