A descriptive portrait of human assistance required by individuals with brain injury
Lamontagne M-E et al. - Human assistance is used to perform one out of three LH. A greater need for human assistance was associated with the number of impairments, motor limitation to the upper limbs, hemiplegia and receiving public insurance. Human assistance was used more often to perform LH pertaining to social roles than those pertaining to daily living. Close relatives were the most frequent providers of human assistance regardless of the residential setting. Given the importance of human assistance in TBI, it is essential to support human helpers during and after rehabilitation. [more...]
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