Course Description:
In 2021, Dr. Newton was the recipient of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan Education Award for her efforts on promoting brain injury education throughout the Country and was recently welcomed to the Brain Injury Association of Michigan’s Board of Directors.
Understanding brain injury and the road to recoveryhas many facets. There are 1.7 million people in the US are treated for TBI and released from ER every year. With 225,000 TBI related hospitalization and 69,500 TBI related deaths (2021), so by age 75 and older provides the highest number of rates of TBI-related hospitalizations and deaths (about 32%/28%). This is why 3.5 million Americans currently live with disabilities resulting from a traumatic brain injury, and it is the least funded of all major illnesses. Dr. Newton will discuss the geriatric facts concerning TBI, functional areas of the brain, pathway to communication with neurons, acquired brain injury,Traumatic Brian Injury (TBI), causes of TBI's, causes of non-TBI's, sports & TBI, domestic violence & TBI, military & TBI, impacts of TBI, physical deficits, social-emotional or behavioral issues, the rehabilitation process, funding for brain injury and more.
Course Link: http://www.gswsm.org
CE Value (credits): 1
CE Type: Standard
Sponsor Name:
Geriatric Social Workers of Southeast MI
Contact Information:
Annette Werner
248-840-5169
annette@ckofgenesee.com