Category: Acquired Brain Injury

Call for improved brain injury knowledge in social workers

UKABIF (UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum) is calling for social workers to be trained and informed around acquired brain injuries following a review into the death of a Brighton man. A review into the death of 42 year old ‘James’, who had an acquired brain injury (ABI), has found the current safeguarding system to be…

UKABIF Film Award Winner

Sacha Paynter from Bristol has won the United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF) Film Award for her film ‘Talking Benefits’, sponsored by Cygnet Health Care.  Sacha’s short film looks at the importance of neurorehabilitation for individuals who have had an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI).  The film is based on Sacha’s personal family experiences of…