Headway’s range of e-booklets and factsheets cover many of the symptoms and practical issues associated with a brain injury.
Printed copies are also available for many of the booklets. If you would like a printed copy please get in touch with the Headway Cardiff & South East Wales office, or if you are a service user ask your Support Worker or Information & Outreach Officer.
About the brain
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Concussion in the workplace
Concussion in sport
Hospital treatment and early recovery after brain injury
Hypoxic brain injury
Management of acquired brain injury – a guide for GPs
Minor brain injury
Minor head injury and concussion
Minor head injury discharge advice
Rehabilitation after brain injury
Waiting for rehabilitation after brain injury
Balance problems and dizziness after brain injury – tips and coping strategies
Coma stimulation suggested activities
Coma and reduced awareness states
Continence problems after brain injury
Coping with communication problems after brain injury
Coping with hemoplegia and hemiparesis
Coping with memory problems – practical strategies
Depression after brain injury
Difficulties with decision making after brain injury
Dysphagia after brain injury
Epilepsy after brain injury
Executive dysfunction after brain injury
Headaches after brain injury
Hormonal imbalances after brain injury
Isolation after brain injury – top tips for coping
Lack of insight after brain injury
Loss of taste and smell after brain injury
Managing anger – tips for brain injury survivors
Managing fatigue after brain injury
Memory problems after brain injury
Mental health and brain injury
Post-traumatic amnesia
Prosopagnosia – face blindness after brain injury
Psychological effects of brain injury
Redeveloping skills after brain injury
Sleep problems after brain injury
The effects of brain injury and how to help
The effects of brain injury
Visual problems after brain injury
Brain Injury – a guide for parents
Brain Injury – a guide for grandparents
Brain Injury – a guide for siblings
Brain injury a guide for friends
Brain injury a guide for partners
Caring for someone with a brain injury
Parenting after brain injury
Relationships after brain injury
Sex and sexuality after brain injury
Supporting children when a parent has had a brain injury
How to help – A guide for family and friends
A guide to disability discrimination law
A guide to insurance policies after brain injury
A guide to personal injury trusts
A guide to the Mental Capacity Act
Claiming compensation after brain injury
Mental capacity: supporting decision making after brain injury
Understanding brain injury in the criminal justice system – a guide for prison staff
Understanding brain injury in the criminal justice system – a guide for probation staff
A guide to Disabled Facilities Grants
Alcohol after brain injury
Alcohol after brain injury: tips for families, friends and carers
Driving after brain injury
Holidays and travel after brain injury
Making a complaint about health and social care services
Redeveloping skills after brain injury
Scans and tests after brain injury
Self-directed support
Appealing a welfare benefits decision
Attendance Allowance after brain injury
Carers Allowance after brain injury
Employment and Support Allowance after brain injury
Personal Independence Payment after brain injury
Preparing for welfare benefits assessments
Statutory Sick Pay after brain injury
Tips for completing benefits application forms
Universal Credit after brain injury
Welsh Factsheets
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch yr ymennydd – About the brain
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch cyfergydion mewn chwaraeon – Concussion in sport factsheet
Mân anaf i’r ymennydd – canllawiau i Feddygon Teulu – Minor brain injury – a guide for GPs
Mân anaf a chyfergyd – Minor head injury and concussion
Adsefydlu yn dilyn anaf i’r ymennydd – Rehabilitation after brain injury
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch gweithgareddau ysgogi – Coma stimulation activities
Problemau ymataliaeth ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Continence problems after brain injury
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch ymdopi â phroblemau cyfathrebu – Coping with communication problems
Iselder ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Depression after brain injury
Epilepsi ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Epilepsy after brain injury
Anghydbwysedd hormonaidd ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Hormonal imbalances after brain injury
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch rheoli dicter – Managing anger
Taflen ffeithiau ynghylch rheoli blinder – Managing fatigue
Anawsterau cofio yn dilyn anaf i’r ymennydd – Memory problems after brain injury
Amnesia ôl-drawmatig – Post-traumatic amnesia
Effeithiau seicolegol anaf i’r ymennydd – Psychological effects of brain injury
Dychwelyd i fyd addysg ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Returning to education after brain injury
Dychwelyd i’r gwaith ar ôl anaf i’r ymennydd – Returning to work after brain injury
Gwneud cwyn am y modd y cewch eich trin yn y gwaith – Making a complaint about treatment at work
Cymorth ariannol wrth ddychwelyd i’r gwaith – Financial support when returning to work
Headway’s range of e-booklets and factsheets cover many of the symptoms and practical issues associated with a brain injury.
Printed copies are also available for many of the booklets. If you would like a printed copy please get in touch with the Headway Cardiff & South East Wales office, or if you are a service user ask your Support Worker or Information & Outreach Officer.