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Because your voice matters.

Now What? Journeying Through Community Reintegration After a Brain Injury

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November 15, 2017 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Free

An interactive morning of education and discussion.

From concussion to stroke, acquired brain injury changes lives. People with acquired brain injuries face significant transitions, from hospital to home or from who they were to who they are now. These transitions have a huge impact on the everyday lives of survivors, as well as their family and friends.

Join the discussion, learn what reintegration of the “new normal” means, identify the gaps in services and be the change that you would like to see by forming alliances with people with lived experience, as well as health care and service providers.

Registration and refreshments at 0830. Opening remarks at 0900.

Speakers

People with Lived Experience

  • Trevor and Debbie Greene
  • Bill McCracken
  • Erin Hemmens

Health Care and Service Providers

  • Wendy Johnstone (Gerontologist)
  • Briar Shaw (Occupational Therapist)

Details

Venue

Oliver Woods Recreation Centre
6000 Oliver Road
Nanaimo, BC V9T 6G6 Canada
Phone
250.756.5200

Organizer

Nanaimo Brain Injury Society
Phone
250.753.5600
Email
info@nbis.ca
View Organizer Website

From Our Community

Shana Ooms

Executive Director of Primary Care Strategy, Policy and Quality — BC Ministry of Health

Shana Ooms

Where those of us in the room may have debated policy or wording, patient voices made sure patients were top of mind. And as a result, significant improvements were made to simplify something that was otherwise complex. Patient voices at the table bring us back to reality in terms of what we are trying to achieve.