Publications
On this page you will find links to a range of papers and presentations produced by Brain Injury Australia as part of its national policy advocacy role. If you are looking for publications about management of Acquired Brain Injury, check out the extensive range of fact sheets available on the website of our member organisation Synapse or check out our web links.
Nick Rushworth writes for the Aged Care Australia magazine on falls-related TBI
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 13:01
While it might be common knowledge that falls are the leading cause of injury hospitalisations, perhaps it’s less well-known that falls are now also the leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) – accounting for 2 in every 5 TBI admissions in Australia in 2004-2005.
Download the complete article. [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 130.85 KB]
Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Brain Injury
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:56
A presentation
by Nick Rushworth to the inaugural National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference, Adelaide 16 June, 2010.
Download the presentation. [PowerPoint Slide Show - 1.42 MB]
Falls-Related Traumatic Brain Injury In Young-Old People
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 00:00
Nick Rushworth’s presentation to the International Federation on Ageing 10th Global Conference, Melbourne May 4. Falls-Related Traumatic Brain Injury In Young-Old People: Under-Recognised, Under-Diagnosed, Highly Fatal And Highly Preventable
Due to population ageing, falls are now not only the leading cause of all injury hospitalisations throughout the developed world, but also the leading cause of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Even though fall-related injuries to the head are consistently the second most common after hip fracture, head trauma in older people is often overlooked in acute care and appropriate neurological assessment and monitoring forgotten. And though rates of falls-related injuries to the head are rising while those for hip fracture are falling, brain injury fails to feature in falls prevention programs.
Read more: Falls-Related Traumatic Brain Injury In Young-Old People
2009-2010 Policy Paper on inflicted traumatic brain injury in children
Monday, 10 May 2010 09:46
Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children who have been abused. Infants are at the greatest risk. The New South Wales Child Death Review Team's 10-year survey of 136 fatal assaults found that children less than 1 year old were 16 times more likely to die than those aged between 5 and 15, 6 times more likely than those aged between 2 and 4 and 4 times more likely than those aged between 1 and 2 years. Of those children who survive ITBI, as many as 2 in every 3 will live with profound and permanent disability. Because it is their brain that is injured, children will experience a range of disabilities that will affect them not only physically but also in the way they think, feel and behave.
This paper details the outcomes for children who are abused in this way and the need for nationally consistent protocols for their rehabilitation and follow-up care.
Continue reading for the Executive Summary and Recommendations, or download the complete paper. [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 454.69 KB]
Read more: 2009-2010 Policy Paper on inflicted traumatic brain injury in children
Children and inflicted brain injury - video available
Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:15
During Brain Injury Awareness Week 2009 Brain Injury Australia held a forum at the Childrens Hospital, Westmead on "Children and Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury". Video of some presentations from the forum are now available to download.
An Individualised Assessment and Funding Scheme for Young People
Tuesday, 16 March 2010 09:41
Brain Injury Australia's joint submission (with the Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance and MS Australia) to the Department of Health and Ageing's review of the Aged Care Funding Instrument.
Download or read a copy of the submission. [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 401.05 KB]
More Articles...
- Acquired Brain Injury and Homelessness: Do Governments Really Want to Know?
- Falls-related Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Australians
- "Cutting the Mustard"
- Falls-related Traumatic Brain Injury
- A Major Issue Now and Into the Future
- "Under-recognised, under-diagnosed, deadly and preventable"
- "Scouting for Acquired Brain Injury"
- Falls-related Traumatic Brain Injury: A Policy Position
- "And the biggest cause of all traumatic brain injuries is...."
- The Complexity of Causality: The View from Here
- The Future of Disability Employment Services
- "Challenging Behaviour"
- "No Taxation without Representation"
- National Disability Strategy
- It's never just about the numbers, but.....
- “Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness”
- National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
- Children and Acquired Brain Injury
- Acquired Brain Injury and Mental Illness
- "I just want a life"
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