Links of Interest:
Ventura/Santa Barbara County Resources
- Ventura Support Groups (list of local support groups for various topics and conditions)
- Jodi House (provides free recreational and rehabilitation services for brain injured individuals)
- Brain Injury Support Group of Ventura County
- Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital (acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation hospital)
- Brain Injury Specialists (provides cognitive and physical rehabilitation in Ventura, with a focus on community reintegration)
- Solutions at Santa Barbara (a community re-entry program for individuals with brain injury)
Elder Care & Case Management Resources
- Senior Planning Services (Care management and fiduciary services in Santa Barbara)
- LivHOME (Care management and caregiving in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties)
- Help Unlimited (provides care management and caregivers in Ventura and Santa Barbara)
- Solutions at Santa Barbara (a community re-entry program for individuals with brain injury)
- Medical Maze Solutions (provides care management and advocacy in Ventura county)
Brain Exercise Programs
- Brain Fitness Program (Computer software backed up by research, focused on auditory tasks to improve brain function)
- Mindfit (Computer software program with exercises for short-term memory, reaction time, hand-eye coordination, etc)
- Brain Age (For Nintendo DS system, inspired by neuroscience)
- Big Brain Academy (For Nintendo Wii or DS systems, compete among players on numerous tasks including memorization and math problems)
- My Brain Trainer (web-based program, offers various tasks)
Professional Neuropsychology Organizations
- Division 40, Div. of Clinical Neuropsychology, American Psychological Association
- National Academy of Neuropsychology
- International Neuropsychological Society
Brain Anatomy
- Whole Brain Imaging Atlas
- Brain Anatomy, Descriptions and Images
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging Brain Atlas
Traumatic/Acquired Brain Injury
- Acquired Brain Injury Definition
- Traumatic Brain Injury Definition
- Neuropathology of Brain Injury
- Symptoms and Methods of Brain Injury
- Symptoms Related to Injury in Specific Brain Areas
- Understanding Diagnostic Tests
- Statistics of Brain Injury
- Brain Injury Association of America
- BrainInjury.Com (Attorney Sponsered)
Stroke
- What is a Stroke?
- Stroke Warning Signs
- Types of Stroke
- Neuropathology of Stroke
- Stroke Statistics
- Internet Stroke Center
Dementia
- Neuropathology of Dementia
- Family Caregiver Alliance (provides fact sheets and information for caregivers)
- Alzheimer's Association