Tonight's episode continues our exploration of the book Supporting Survivors and caregivers after Brain Injury.  There are two successive phases: exploration and evolution. The exploration phase focuses on the person with the brain injury and his or her life. The model breaks this down into two components, each with corresponding questions. During our last segment we talked specifically about the person behind brain injury. Tonight were going to concentrate on 12 life themes that play a major role in the person's life. These life themes include: AppearanceHealthFamily/RelationshipsSexualitySocial contactsWorkFinancesRecreationHousing and housekeepingCertainty about the futureIndependenceMeaning in life

"Every caregiver has been there: completely stressed, at our wits' end, wanting to scream or laugh or cry (or all three). And while it's nice to imagine that there's some magic way to make all that tension vanish, caregivers know better. Caregiving is stressful, day in and day out. There's no quick and easy cure for that." (quoted from Caring.com.Caregiving and Stress, May 28,2013)

"If in the course of the day..." "Every caregiver has been there: completely stressed, at our wits' end, wanting to scream or laugh or cry (or all three). And while it's nice to imagine that there's some magic way to make all that tension vanish, caregivers know better. Caregiving is stressful, day in and day out. There's no quick and easy cure for that." (quoted from Caring.com.Caregiving and Stress, May 28,2013)

"Every caregiver has been there: completely stressed, at our wits' end, wanting to scream or laugh or cry (or all three). And while it's nice to imagine that there's some magic way to make all that tension vanish, caregivers know better. Caregiving is stressful, day in and day out. There's no quick and easy cure for that." (quoted from Caring.com.Caregiving and Stress, May 28,2013)

Tonight: Caregivers and Compassion Fatigue...What is it, do I have it, and what can I do about it? If you do know you are affected, what are you doing about it? Let's talk about: 1.  the definition 2.  possible causes 3.  potential solutions.

"In the course of a day..." "Every caregiver has been there: completely stressed, at our wits' end, wanting to scream or laugh or cry (or all three). And while it's nice to imagine that there's some magic way to make all that tension vanish, caregivers know better. Caregiving is stressful, day in and day out. There's no quick and easy cure for that." (quoted from Caring.com.Caregiving and Stress, May 28,2013) COMPASSION FATIGU

"In the course of a day..." "Every caregiver has been there: completely stressed, at our wits' end, wanting to scream or laugh or cry (or all three). And while it's nice to imagine that there's some magic way to make all that tension vanish, caregivers know better. Caregiving is stressful, day in and day out. There's no quick and easy cure for that." (quoted from Caring.com. Caregiving and Stress, May 28,2013) Caregiving and Stress What Can a Caregiver Do to De-Stress? A day in the life... Interview with Dallas and Shelly Shephard Their son Austin was hit in the head with a baseball at age 10.  Now we hear the story of the 10 year journey...