• What is Trauma?
• The Hospital Environment
• Diagnosis and Treatment
• Symptoms and Difficulties After Trauma
• Life After Trauma
  • Rehabilitation and after care
  • Getting back to work
  • Caring for someone with an injury
  • Legal Advice
  • Recreation and leisure
• Survivor Stories
• Injured Children
• Useful Organisations

Life After Trauma

Many survivors experience life after traumatic injury as learning to adjust to 'the new normal'.  Family and relatives too often have to adjust their lives to assume caring and support responsibilities. This section provides advice on what to expect through rehabilitation and after care, tips to help carer's look after loved ones and where to go to get support, including financial and legal help.