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A grounded theory of care management after traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Anne McCluskey Margaret
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2005.00464.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , citation , rehabilitation , library science , psychology , sociology , mathematics education , computer science , neuroscience
xi Acknowledgements xiii CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1 1.1 The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Individuals and their Family 2 1.2 Long-Term Care 2 1.3 The Need to Better Understand Care Decision-Making 3 1.4 The Research Problem 4 1.5 The Research Aim 5 1.6 Significance of the Study 5 1.7 Scope of the Study 5 1.8 Overview of the Thesis 6 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 7 2.1 Chapter Overview 7 2.2 Traumatic Brain Injury 8 2.2.1 Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury 8 2.2.2 Impact on the Person with Person with Traumatic Brain Injury 9 2.2.3 Impact on Family Members 11 2.2.4 Impact on Society 13 2.3 Long-Term Care and Traumatic Brain Injury 15 2.3.1 Definition of Long-Term Care . 15 2.3.2 Characteristics of Long-Term Care 16 2.3.3 Funding of Long-term Care 18 2.3.3.1 Funding through Compensation 19 2.3.3.2 Public Funding of Care 20 2.3.4 Providers of Care 21 2.3.4.1 Family Carers 21 2.3.4.2 Paid Carers 22 2.3.5 Models of Care: Preferences of People with Disabilities 23 2.3.5.1 The Paid Model of Care 24 2.3.5.2 The Consumer-Directed Model of Care 25 2.3.5.3 The Live-In Model of Paid Care 27 2.3.5.4 Other Models and Characteristics of Care 28