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Caregiving for Someone Whose Nose Doesn't Always Know

When the Nose Doesn't Know: The Observant Caregiver

Traumatic brain injury makes quirky seem quirkier, especially when a person is in the initial months of recovery. Rosemary learned that Hugh's loss of his sense of smell came with both dangers and quirkiness.

Creativity in Caregiving

Loving wife and teacher Abby Maslin uses her creativity and teaching skills to help her husband recover from a severe TBI.

Here's What I've Learned by Accident ... How About You?

Hereâ€™s What Iâ€™ve Learned by Accident â€¦ How About You?

People often ask Rosemary what she has learned from Hugh's traumatic brain injury and all that has come after. In this week's blog post, she shares some of the lessons she has learned along the way.

Life Out of Order: An Interview with Sally Laux

Rosemary talks with author and caregiver Sally Laux who lost her three brothers — two to death, one to a severe TBI.

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Superman: Suzanne Laboy's Blog

In February 2013, police officer Peter Laboy was shot in the head. His wife, Suzanne, is chronicling the family's journey.

Help for Couples After TBI

Rosemary's sister once told her, “There’s the truth we tell others, the truth we tell ourselves, and the truth we won’t even tell ourselves” It wasn't until she was in therapy after Hugh's crash that she fully understood her sister's words.

Brain Wreck

Why did this wife take a photograph of her husband in his hospital bed after he sustained a severe brain injury?

Welcome to My Caregiving Blog

"I never planned to be a caregiver. I don’t think many people do ... " Read the first entry of our new caregiving blog by Rosemary Rawlins.

Becoming a Voice for Wounded Warriors

It took almost nine years for Marine Michael Grywalsky to get the help he needed for TBI and PTSD. Without the tenacity of his wife, he may never have gotten it.

Finding Some Semblance of Healing

It was when her injured veteran husband said "yet," that Andrea Sawyer was truly terrified.

Crash

Two teenagers. A dark road. A drunk driver. This excerpt is from a beautiful book about the journey from grief to gratitude to grace by a pediatrician-mother.

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Writing for Two

For physician, writer, and mother Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, writing was the way she made sense of the world, but after her son sustained a brain injury, she found she was also writing for him.

Learning by Accident

Sometimes our fear can be more debilitating than a TBI. One caregiver shares her story of ambiguous loss, family love, and emotional healing.

Caregivers Advice: Navigating Military Services and Benefits

Voices of Caregivers of Service Members and Veterans, Part 4

Getting the right services at the right time is crucial for your loved one's recovery. Start with a case manager.

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Voices of Caregivers of Service Members and Veterans, Part 3

Doctors often tell caregivers that they are the person who knows their loved one best, and they're going to have to be his voice until he has his own back.