D. Holland et Cl. Shigaki, Educating families and caretakers of traumatically brain injured patients in the new health care environment: a three phase model and bibliography, BRAIN INJUR, 12(12), 1998, pp. 993-1009
Shorter inpatient stays for traumatically brain injured patients Frequently
allow less time for comprehensive education of families and caretakers. Wh
at is needed to compensate for the shortened duration of brain injury rehab
ilitation in many settings is a family educational programme that (1) satis
fies the Family's acute information needs as they arise, and (2) standardiz
es the delivery of information so that certain knowledge criteria are met.
The following article proposes a three phase model of family and caretaker
education with an accompanying bibliographical index.