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Employment Issues Facing People with Traumatic Brain Injury in New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2015

Rachel C. Winthrop
Rachel C. Winthrop*
Affiliation:
Massey University
*
Department of Rehabilitation Studies, Massey University, Post Office Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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An estimated 600 people seek hospital and/or medical assistance for recently acquired brain injury each week in New Zealand. Many of these people return to work only to find themselves unable to function at the same level as achieved prior to injury. The reasons for this are frequently not understood either by the individual with the injury, the individual's colleagues or by the various professionals approached for advice. Common deficits identified impact significantly on an individual's work performance indicating comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services are required. Rehabilitation counsellors have a key role to play in the vocational rehabilitation process of people with head injuries. This requires that rehabilitation counsellors possess a knowledge of brain injury sequelae, their effects on everyday functioning and of the recovery process from the injury.

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , 1996 , pp. 51 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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