The purpose of a support group is to learn more about brain injury and available services by meeting with others who are facing or have faced similar challenges. The essential elements of a support group are: For specific Support Group information and special speakers, check your latest issue of What's Happening. You can download our most recent edition from our News Page 3rd Thursday of each month except Dec. at, 7:00 pm. 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm (Except for December) First & Third Tuesday of each month (except December) from 1:00 to 3:00pm 2nd Tuesday each month at 6:00pm The term "Brain Injury" can mean one of two types of injury, either ABI or TBI. These terms are described below. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), TBIs contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability annually. Among children ages 0 to 14 years, TBI results in an estimated: The number of people with TBI who are not seen in an emergency department or who receive no care is unknown. According to the Delaware Trauma System Registry, from 2000 to 2003, over 1100 people were admitted to Delaware Hospitals with TBI. Since 2003, this number increased to more than 1375 per year. These figures include more than 150 children ages 0 to 14 per year. For more information, please check out Delaware Health Statistics Center. Support Groups and Brain Injury Information
Support Groups
Why Attend a Support Group Meeting?
NOTE: All Support Groups Welcome Survivors, Family, and Friends!
New Castle County:
Facilitators: John & Margie Goodier (302) 378-0375
Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Room #1, Bluebird Blvd.
1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington
Note: To attend pre-meeting dinner group (at your expense) contact Matt by phone at (302)998-0782 or David (302)453-1634 by the Tuesday before the meeting and meet at Hollywood Grille at Concord Pike & Murphy Rd. Between 5:15 and 5:30 pm. Kent County:
Facilitators: Multiple facilitators
840 Walker Road, Walker Sq., Dover
For information call 1-800-411-0505 Sussex County - Daytime Meetings:
Facilitators: Beverly & Ed Bell (302) 537-9016
Millville Volunteer Fire Co., Rt. 26, Millville, DESalisbury, MD
Facilitator: Dr. Glennwood Brooks (410) 545-4600 or (800) 938-4600
Chesapeake Rehab. Hospital, Health South, Employees dining room
Rt. 50 & Tilghman Road, Salisbury, MDBrain Injury Information
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is an injury to the brain that is not hereditary, present at birth, or degenerative. Causes include traumatic brain injury; anoxic/hypoxic injury (e.g. heart attack, carbon monoxide poisoning), intracranial surgery, seizure disorders and toxic exposure (e.g. substance abuse, ingestion or inhalation of volatile agents).
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), with or without skull fracture, is an insult to the brain caused by an external physical force that may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness. (This type of brain injury is what we mean when we discuss prevention.)
Brain injury may result in an impairment of cognitive abilities (e.g. perception, memory, or judgment), physical, behavioral or emotional functioning. A brain injury may be either temporary or permanent and may cause either partial or total functional impairment.
Mild brain injury, also known as concussion, is an injury that may leave the person feeling dazed or cause a brief loss of consciousness. Mild brain injury can lead to "post-concussion syndrome" that can include headaches, dizziness, mild mental slowing, and fatigue. For some people, symptoms may last only a few months; for others, problems may persist indefinitely. National Statistics About Brain Injury
Of the 1.4 million who sustain a TBI each year in the United States:
Delaware Statistics About Brain Injury
More recent information has become available through the State's Trauma Registry. Data collected from two five year studies (from 1994-98 and 2001-05) shows.

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