In a recent article for the City News, the discussion centers around a new coalition created for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) sufferers, the Ontario Alliance for Action on Brain Injury (OAABI) and its importance.
The author describes the lack of follow through regarding ABI and the many who are, after an initial “patch up”, left to deal with the long-term damage down the road. Our attention is drawn to the psychiatric and long-term care homes where some of these patients end up, to the astounding 53% estimated homeless with a history of brain injury.