WHAT began as a single assisted living service, offering a supported home-from-home for three brain injury survivors, has since grown to serve 1,100 individuals and their families annually, including those with brain injuries acquired through falls, assaults, road traffic accidents, concussion and stroke.
Brain injury is a hidden phenomenon in our society. Nobody ever thinks it will happen to them, but it happens to 52 people in this country every day, often leaving them with a chronic and ongoing condition that can affect their lives and those of their family for months and years after the initial injury.
That is exactly what happened to my brother Peter, who was involved in two road traffic accidents and suffered two acquired brain injuries before the age of 42.
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