Changes in Daily Experiences: Perceptions of the Care Provider of the Traumatic Brain Injured

Abstract

Occupational therapy practitioners are rapidly becoming more involved in community-based services. Practitioners must understand the effect on program participants as well as family or paid care providers. This study gives voice to care providers in a community-based program for survivors of traumatic brain injury run by occupational therapists and occupational therapy students. Roles, routines, and occupational choices of care providers changed dramatically with program involvement. These findings have implications for community-based programming and the collaborative integration of care providers. Implications for program outcomes and the health and well being of care providers are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Brain injury
• care providers
• community-based programming
• valued occupations