Transition to community living after acquired brain injury

Abstract

Enter the word 'transition' into an internet search engine and you will be overwhelmed by the number of web pages that talk about transitions from an economical, scientific, literary or organisational perspective (just to name a few). Common to the description of transition from the differing perspectives is the inclusion of the terms movement and/or change from one state to the next. It is important that healthcare professionals who work with people with both traumatic and nontraumatic brain injury appreciate and understand that from the point of brain insult, the patient and their family will experience multiple transitions involving movement or change in 'state', such as changes to roles and altering levels of participation and activity. © 2012 The Authors.