North Okanagan Shuswap Brain Injury Society received funding for critical needs, to hire a support worker, and to run a work search program.
The support worker has contributed greatly to the office, and improved client service. There have been many positive outcomes such as:
A middle-aged woman entered the NOSBIS office in April, 2016 looking for information on brain injury. The support worker asked if she could be of any other assistance. The woman began to share her struggles with headaches and being unable to sleep. She had just moved away from her family in Vancouver, and needed someone to just listen. She became very emotional and frustrated as the worker provided support and validation. This allowed the client to relax and become calm. An appointment was kept with a case coordinator, and she is now settled successfully in the community.
We sincerely thank the Province of British Columbia for providing this necessary funding. Also, we sincerely thank the Brain Injury Alliance for your success in addressing the brain injury funding crisis, and for relaying the very serious needs of brain injury survivors to government. NOSBIS clients now receive programs and services they desperately needed, and lives are improving.
