Atlanta, GA,
09
March
2015
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09:00 AM
America/New_York

Tips for Caregivers of People with Brain Injury

Shepherd Center brain injury program director provides insight in a radio podcast.

Susan Johnson
Susan Johnson is the program director of the Acquired Brain Injury Program at Shepherd Center.
Nancy and Jodie Tharp
Nancy Tharp of Winona, Miss., is the caregiver for her 33-year-old daughter Jodie, who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a car accident in 2004. Several years ago, Nancy was named Caregiver of the Year by the Brain Injury Association of Mississippi. Photo by Hollie Alderman Long
Jodie and Nancy Tharp
Nancy Tharp of Winona, Miss., is the caregiver for her 33-year-old daughter Jodie, who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury in a car accident in 2004. Several years ago, Nancy was named Caregiver of the Year by the Brain Injury Association of Mississippi. Photo by Beth Tackett

Recovery from brain injury is unpredictable and can be frustrating.Those who provide care for a loved one with a brain injury can gain insight and encouragement from some tips from Shepherd Center's longtime director of brain injury services.

In this 10-minutes radio podcast, program director Susan Johnson, MA, CCC-SLP, CCM, discusses caregiving for your loved one who has survived a brain injury. This podcast and others are available at shepherd.org/news/radio or can be downloaded as an MP3 file from the link above. A transcript of the interview is also available on the Shepherd Center Radio web page.

In addition, caregivers may want to download Shepherd Center's e-book titled "Brain Injury:  A Guide for Caregivers," which is available by clicking here.

Johnson, who helped develop the caregiver guide, has been the director of brain injury services at Shepherd Center since 1998. She directs a full continuum of brain injury services, including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation and post-acute care that encompasses outpatient services, day program services, residential services and a mild traumatic brain injury and PTSD program for military service personnel injured in Iraq or Afghanistan. Johnson is a speech-language pathologist and a certified case manager. She has spoken at numerous national and regional workshops on brain injury and has received numerous awards for advocating for people with brain injury.

About Shepherd Center

Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, multiple amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. Ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top 10 hospitals for rehabilitation and the best in the Southeast, Shepherd Center treats more than 850 inpatients and 7,600 outpatients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.