Living with injury resources for patients, family members, and caregivers
Navigating life after an injury can feel overwhelming, but you’re not alone. This section offers practical resources and guidance to help patients, family members, and caregivers adapt to daily life and thrive. From managing medications to staying active and rejoining the community, these tools are designed to support every step of your journey toward independence and wellness.
In this section
- Body functions: Bladder management, bowel management, and skin care
- Community reintegration: Canine companions, spirituality and religion, recreation, leisure, and activity, return to school, return to work and volunteering, return to driving, and traveling
- Daily living: Daily routines, goal setting, home management, nutrition, money management, tool safety education
- Exercise and wellness: Home exercises and wellness
- Medication management: Obtaining medications, understanding medications, and taking medications
- Positioning and mobility: Body mechanics for caregivers, transfer techniques, weight shifts, bed mobility, wheelchair positioning, and splinting and bracing