Family/whanau and carers
One of the best presentations I attended at the recent 2010 ACRM-ASNR Joint Education Conference in Montreal was provided by Dr Jeffrey Kreutzer and his team from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr Kreutzer and colleagues have been working for many years now on support and intervention strategies for families of people with acquired brain injury. Read more »
- 08 Jul 2008
In the 'advice you didn't need to know' column this week we have: how to prepare brains for invalids. These helpful hints come from a 1971 edition of the Edmonds' Cookery Book and were brought to my attention by my partner along with the comment: "I can't wait until you get sick." No advice about checking for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were included unfortunately... Read more »
- 26 Oct 2007
The Ministry of Social Development and the Carers Alliance have been conducting community-based consultation on developing a national "Carer's Strategy". Keep up with the play on support for carers or contribute your own perspectives to the development of the strategy. Read more »
- 21 Mar 2007
Carers NZ is an information and advocacy service for all people involve in care-giving roles. The organisation is free to join and provides a regular e-newsletter devoted to caring in New Zealand. The organisation also keeps members updated about news bulletins and publications about care-giving and disability support. Plus the website features summaries of contemporary research and links to other resources of interest. Read more »
- 21 Mar 2007
Ginny Hickman is a psychotherapist in private practice who works part-time as a family therapist for Capital & Coast Rehabilitation in Wellington. Ginny is also a part-time lecturer for the Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit at the Wellington School of Medicine & Health Sciences (University of Otago) where she teaches a distance-taught paper, “Family Systems and Rehabilitation” for health professionals working in rehabilitation settings. Read more »
Will Taylor
