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How can I get help with money while my partner is in hospital?

Philip Coulthurst | 22 May 2019

Having a loved one suffer a brain injury or any other serious personal injury, can have an immense impact on your life - not just in emotional terms, but from a financial perspective as well. If your ...

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Life After a Traumatic Brain Injury - A Poem From Brooke

Brooke Trotter | 16 May 2019

Having a brain injury is having to say bye to the old you, Him that was quick thinking, always knew what to do. A bit like buying a used car from a dodgy garage and getting a bad deal, You swap a perf...

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Denial after a Brain Injury

Brooke Trotter | 25 Apr 2019

I was in denial about my brain injury for ages, even years, in fact! I’m not sure that I fully understood what had happened to me until three years after I was discharged from the hospital. That is no...

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Do social services provide care following a brain injury?

CFG Law | 15 Apr 2019

Social services can provide care following a brain injury, but the amount of support and funding a patient receives depends on their care needs and how much money they have to contribute to the cost o...

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How much care can I get on the NHS?

CFG Law | 08 Apr 2019

Paying for care when somebody is discharged from hospital after a brain injury can be confusing. In some cases, ongoing care needs are partly funded by social services, but there are also a variety of...

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10 Things You Should Never Say To a Person With a Brain Injury

Brooke Trotter | 19 Mar 2019

1.) “You’re so lucky!” I am lucky to be alive! Lucky that the ambulance crew were so quick to take me to the hospital. Lucky to have survived at all and I am lucky that it happened at the time that it...

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Improving memory after a brain injury: Talk to yourself

Brooke Trotter | 20 Feb 2019

We all talk to ourselves all the time its just in our head, nobody can hear and we call it thinking. There is a dialogue of thoughts going through your’s and everybody’s head constantly. These thought...

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Brain Injuries and Socialising: The Art of Not Comparing

Brooke Trotter | 04 Feb 2019

I was never comfortable with being labelled with the term disability, nobody viewed me as being disabled and to be honest neither did I. Disability was never something I knew anything about or that I ...

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How much is Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) following a brain injury?

Polly Herbert | 25 Jan 2019

If you are off work with a long-term illness or have suffered an accident that has left you with a brain injury or other serious health condition, you may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). When...

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Brain injury and depression: New life's resolution

Brooke Trotter | 21 Jan 2019

After a brain injury, it is very easy to fall into depression. The more you learn about the effect that this could have on your life, the more likely this will cause you to discard plans that you have...

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